plurality

英 [pl??'r?l?t?] 美[pl?'r?l?ti]

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?pluralities;

plurality (n.): late 14c., "state of being plural," from Old French pluralite (14c.), from Late Latin pluralitatem (nominative pluralitas), from Latin pluralis (see plural). Meaning "fact of there being many, multitude" is from mid-15c. Church sense of "holding of two or more offices concurrently" is from mid-14c. Meaning "greater number, more than half" is from 1570s but is etymologically improper, perhaps modeled on majority. U.S. sense of "excess of votes over rival candidate(s)," especially when none has an absolute majority, is from 1828.

1. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.: 他在11月3號(hào)的選舉中僅獲得了49%的相對(duì)多數(shù)票。

2. Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.: 聯(lián)邦制意味著存在眾多各自都擁有權(quán)力的政治管理機(jī)構(gòu)。

3. The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes.: 保守黨保住了選票的多數(shù)優(yōu)勢(shì)。

5. He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.: 他以壓倒多數(shù)票擊敗了現(xiàn)任州長(zhǎng).

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