majorities

英 [məˈdʒɒrɪtiz] 美 [məˈdʒɔrɪtiz]

n.  大部分; 大多数; (获胜的)票数; 多数票; 超出其余各方票数总和的票数
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  1. N-SING-COLL 多数;大多数
    The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.
    1. The majority of my patients come to me from out of town...
      大多数来找我看病的患者都是外省人。
    2. The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk...
      我们生产的绝大部分奶酪都是用巴氏消毒过的牛奶制成的。
    3. As a fuel it is preferred by top chefs and is used in the majority of British homes...
      这种燃料得到了顶级大厨的青睐，并得以在英国大多数家庭里广泛使用。
    4. Still, a majority continue to support the treaty.
      大多数人依然支持这份条约。
  2. N-COUNT 多数票;超过对方的票数
    A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.
    1. Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine...
      议员以99张的多数票批准了这项动议。
    2. According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clear majority...
      从大多数民意调查的结果来看，他很有可能以绝对多数票胜出。
    3. The Trust's annual meeting has decided by a narrow majority to ban deer hunting.
      国民托管组织的年度会议以微弱的多数票决定禁止猎鹿。
  3. ADJ (观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的
    Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.
    1. ...her continuing disagreement with the majority view...
      她与大多数人的观点依旧不一致
    2. A majority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead.
      这项计划若要实施，必须获得股东 75%的多数票。
  4. N-UNCOUNT 法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁)
    Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.
    1. The age of majority in Romania is eighteen...
      罗马尼亚的法定成年年龄为18周岁。
    2. Once you reach your majority, you may do what you damned well please.
      等你成年后，就可以随心所欲了。
  5. See also: absolute majority moral majority
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双语例句

  1. The Republicans have majorities in both Houses.
    共和党人在参众两院都占了多数席位。
  2. However, majorities of both blacks and whites did agree that the country is ready for an African-American president.
    但是，大部分黑人和白人都认为，美国可以接受一位非洲裔美国人出任总统。
  3. Despite the gloomy economic outlook and growing disillusionment with the EU, there were strong majorities of more than 60 per cent in favour of keeping the Euro in the five countries polled that use the single currency.
    尽管经济前景惨淡，欧盟的状况也不尽人意，受访的国家中仍有五个国家的超过60%的民众赞成保留欧元这种单一货币。
  4. One of the great consequences of the system is that it produces majorities automatically.
    这种制度的最大结果就是它自动地产生了多数党。
  5. This is not always true, but the strong tendency to produce majorities is built into the system.
    虽然并不总是如此。但是产生多数党的巨大倾向在这种制度中形成了。
  6. That the blessing of liberty which our Constitution secures may be enjoyed alike by minorities and majorities, the Executive has been wisely invested with a qualified veto upon the acts of the Legislature.
    我们宪法所保证的自由同样为少数人和多数人享有，执政者被明智地赋予有资格对某些立法作出否决。
  7. At the same time, however, large majorities now support a tough response to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
    然而，绝大多数人现在支持对俄罗斯在乌克兰的侵略行为做出强硬回应。
  8. Both the House and Senate have delivered majorities for the trade promotion authority necessary to complete TPP.
    美国参众两院都以多数票通过了完成TPP谈判所需要的贸易促进授权（TPA）。
  9. Large majorities of white Americans say blacks have the same opportunities as whites in housing, education and employment.
    占多数的白人说，黑人在住房、教育和就业方面与白人有同等的机会。
  10. Despite his resounding electoral victory, his solid majorities in both chambers of Congress and the obvious goodwill of the bulk of the electorate, Mr Obama has seemed curiously feeble.
    尽管他在选举中获得了彻底的胜利，在国会两院中赢得大多数议员的支持，以及大多数选民对他抱有明显的善意，匪夷所思的说，奥巴马先生似乎仍显得有些微弱。
  11. With President Obama and our strengthened majorities in Congress, we can get our economy back on track.
    总统奥巴马和我们加强了多数议员的支持，我们能够得到我们的经济重新走上轨道。
  12. His solid mandate and strengthened majorities in Congress equip him with huge political capital.
    他在国会获得了广泛且强有力的支持，这给他带来了大笔的政治资本。
  13. Majorities also said countries had a right to go to war to ensure adequate energy supplies.
    多数人还表示，各国有权为确保充足的能源供应而战。
  14. Mr Schuble said that in return, "we should consider lowering the special voting majorities for the most important IMF decisions so that in the future we can do without a blocking minority for a single country or a very small group of countries".
    朔伊布勒表示，作为交换，“我们应当考虑降低适用于imf最重要决定的绝对多数票要求，以便我们在未来不致面对一个国家或一小批国家的少数否决”。
  15. They now have bigger majorities in both houses than the G.O.P.ever achieved in its12-year reign.
    如今，民主党在参众两院中的多数党优势，已经超过了共和党在其12年主宰国会的历史中所取得的成就。
  16. Absolute majorities of contemporary immigrants can be described as coming from developing nations.
    绝大多数的当代移民可说是来自发展中国家。
  17. The majorities of large cities like Chicago, and the US Congress.
    诸如芝加哥一类的大城市的市长和当选国会议员。
  18. There are large majorities of confident manufacturers in all advanced economies with the exception of Greece, where confidence has been hit as the country struggles with its budgetary crisis.
    在除希腊外的所有发达国家，绝大多数制造商都信心十足。由于在与预算危机做斗争，希腊的企业信心遭到了打击。
  19. He's rather better known than many MPs with bigger majorities.
    他比许多具有较多选票的议会议员更有名气。
  20. If this president, who came into office with solid congressional majorities and stratospheric ratings fails, neither he nor his successors will dare touch health care for many years to come;
    如果这位上台时在国会拥有稳固的多数席位和极高支持率的总统也失败的话，那么他以及他的继任者们在今后很多年都不会再敢碰医疗改革；
  21. Large majorities in India and China said they believed a conflict over energy resources was likely in Asia.
    绝大多数印度人和中国人认为，亚洲有可能发生能源冲突。
  22. With so many coalition members serving as ministers and deputy ministers, there will be too few backbenchers to give the government majorities in all of the Knesset's17 committees.
    在以色列议会的17次委员会中，此次议会的后排议员寥寥可数，根本无法在票数上取得优势，因为太多的联合政府成员身居部长或副部长要职。
  23. Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?& in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable?
    在政府中，如果实际上不是由大多数人而是由良知来决定正误的，而大多数人只决定那些适用于便利规则的问题，这样的政府不可能存在吗？
  24. Mr Tsang can usually rely on an alliance of pro-business and pro-Beijing legislators to cobble together the majorities he needs.
    曾荫权通常可以依赖于由亲商界和亲北京的立法会议员组成的联盟，来凑足他所需要的多数票。
  25. Clear majorities in all countries agree that taxes should be raised on the rich and lowered on the poor.
    所有国家的多数受访者都认为，应增加对富人征税，降低穷人的税负水平。
  26. The Senate can refuse to confirm certain presidential appointments, and the president can veto or reject laws proposed by majorities of each house of Congress.
    参议院可以拒绝批准某项总统任命；总统可以否决由国会参众两院多数提出的法案。
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