plurality
美音:
[plə´rælıtı
]英音:
[plə´rælıtı
]n.复数,较大数,多数,兼职
难易程度:
plurality为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:pluralities
近义词, 同义词
plurality
/plʊə'rælətɪ; plu`rælətɪ/
n
1 [U] (grammar) state of being plural 复数; 复数形式.
2 [C] large number 大量; 多数
*a plurality of influences, interests 极大的影响、利益.
3 [C] (US politics 政) majority of less than 50%; relative majority (未超过半数的)多数; 相对多数. Cf 参看 majority 2.
4 (a) [U] = pluralism 2.
(b) [C] office held jointly with another 兼任的职务.
plurality
npluralpluralities
[C usually singular]formal
a large number of different things
plurality of
the plurality of factors affecting the election
[U and C]especially AmE technical if one person or party receives a plurality in an election, they receive more votes than any of the other people or parties, but fewer votes than the total number of votes that all the others receive together
The Democrats won only a plurality of the votes cast.
[U]technical
when a noun is plural