preponderance
英 [pr?'p?nd(?)r(?)ns]
美[pr?'pɑnd?r?ns]
- n. 優(yōu)勢；多數(shù)；占優(yōu)勢
英英釋意
- 1. superiority in power or influence;
- "the preponderance of good over evil"
- "the preponderance of wealth and power"
- 2. a superiority in numbers or amount;
- "there is a preponderance of Blacks in our prisons"
- 3. exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight;
- "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale"