| 单词 | a preponderance of something |
| 释义 | a preponderance of somethinga preponderance of something formal MOSTif there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, there are more of that type than of any other 数量上的优势，多数 There is a preponderance of female students in the music department. 在音乐系里女学生占大多数。 Examples from the Corpus a preponderance of something• At first glance there appears to be a preponderance of narrow gauge or what I would call miniature railways.• It has concluded, by a preponderance of evidence, that he later slashed her to death.• At sentencing, the judge found by a preponderance of the evidence that Putra had been involved in both transactions.• The franchise reform of June 1907 ensured a preponderance of landowners in the Third and Fourth Dumas.• If your enemy has a preponderance of missile weapons or lots of war machines then chariots are vulnerable.• Even the Quark editors remark on a preponderance of work on either the cosmos or evolution, but little in between.• In a civil case, jurors need only a preponderance of evidence to rule for the plaintiff and the defendant must testify.• Giants planners have claimed that a preponderance of ballpark spectators will use transit or walk. → a preponderance of something at preponderance(1) |
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