dom·i·nant
adjective OPAL W
/ˈdɒmɪnənt/
/ˈdɑːmɪnənt/
- more important, powerful or easy to notice than other things
首要的；占支配地位的；占优势的；显著的 - The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market.
这家公司在国际市场上占有举足轻重的地位。 - The dominant feature of the room was the large fireplace.
这间屋子要数那个大壁炉最显眼了。
Extra Examples- Banks have a dominant role in most countries' economies.
银行在大多数国家的经济中发挥着主导作用。 - London is dominant within the UK economy.
伦敦在英国经济中占据主导地位。 - No one group appears to be overwhelmingly dominant.
似乎没有哪一个群体具有压倒性的统治地位。 - The state of the economy has been the dominant theme of the election.
经济形势已成为选举的重要主题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market.
- (biology) a dominant gene causes a person to have a particular physical characteristic, for example brown eyes, even if only one of their parents has passed on this gene
（基因）显性的，优势的
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’.