plurality

noun

1. 众多；大量
   a large number
   1. a plurality of influences
      众多的影响
2. （未超过半数的）最多数票
   the number of votes given to one person, political party, etc. when this number is less than 50% but more than any other single person, etc. receives
   1. In order to be elected, a candidate needs only a plurality of the votes cast.
      候选人只需要得票最多就能当选。
3. 复数
   the state of being plural

1. QUANT-PLURAL 多数状态；诸多；众多
   If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist.
   1. Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.
      联邦制意味着存在众多各自都拥有权力的政治管理机构。
2. QUANT-PLURAL （超过其他任何一方的）多数
   If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea.
   1. The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes...
      保守党保住了选票的多数优势。
   2. 35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change.
      有35%的多数民众认为，经济改革不会带来实质性的变革。
3. N-COUNT （指选举中获胜者得到的不及其他所有候选人得票总和的）相对多数（票）
   A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates.
   1. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
      他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。
4. N-COUNT （指选举中获得最多票数的候选人与得票数第二的候选人之间的）票数差额
   A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second.
   1. Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.
      富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。

1. Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.
   联邦制意味着存在众多各自都拥有权力的政治管理机构。
2. The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes
   保守党保住了选票的多数优势。
3. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
   他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。
4. Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.
   富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。
5. The flexible cable comprises a plurality of cable cores arranged in the center thereof.
   所述的柔性电缆包括设置在其中心的多根缆芯；
6. A power supply system enables to supply power to a plurality of load devices from a power adapter.
   供电系统能够从电源适配器向多个负载装置供电。
7. Fig.11 is a flowchart for a method for enabling a plurality of software application through a device.
   图11是使多个软件能够通过某一装置应用的方法的流程图。
8. He agreed with the plurality opinion's reading of the statute.
   他同意多数意见对法令的理解。
9. A cellular communication system has a plurality of cells and a plurality of channels.
   一个蜂窝通信系统具有多个服务小区和多个信道。
10. They are a very capable plurality of people.
    他们是一个多元化的人非常能干。
11. A plurality of ceramic substrates are used to manufacture and integrate a highly integrated multi-layer circuit module.
    复数个陶瓷基板被用来制造和整合一高整合多层电路模组。
12. A sprocket ( 212) includes a hub and a plurality of teeth projecting radially outwardly from the hub.
    一个链轮（212）包括一个轮毂和多个从轮毂径向向外突出的齿。
13. In the realm of fiction we discover that plurality of lives for which we crave.
    在文学的领域之中，我们找到了我们所渴望的那种多样化的生活。
14. The plurality of duty is revealed in the administrative emergency handling process.
    行政应急过程中的责任具有多元性。
15. The main rotary shaft can be simultaneously fixed with a plurality of circular discs with self rotation shafts.
    主转轴上可同时固定多个带自转轴的圆盘。
16. In the arithmetic device, the master latches latch a plurality of ( such as two) input data.
    在这种算术装置中，输入主级闩是用来闩锁数个（如两个）输入资料。
17. In one embodiment, a plurality of scrubber vessels, each containing the scrubber mixture are connected in series.
    在一个实施方案中，多个含有洗涤器混合物的洗涤器容器串联在一起。
18. A plurality is one method of identifying the winning candidate in an election.
    简单多数是美国大选中确定获胜候选人的方式之一。
19. The device has a plurality of functions and can be used over and over again.
    此装置具有多种功能并可反复使用。
20. A plurality of elders, if not mandated, appears to have been common, and perhaps the norm.
    多元化的长者，如果没有授权，似乎已共同的，也许规范。
21. The pyramid prism array includes a plurality of pyramid units, and each pyramid unit provides a cone-shaped surface;
    角锥棱镜阵列包括多个角锥单元，每一角锥单元提供一锥状表面。
22. China owns multiple classes full of plurality in concepts of public life.
    中国拥有多个阶层，大众的生活具有多元性，充满多元化的生活观念。
23. The base is provided with a circuit body and electrically connected with a plurality of pins;
    一光源部，该光源部位于该座体内的电路板上，该光源部并与座体的接脚电性连接，以提供光源；
24. Many aspects, such as its system, its arts, its religion, embodied this plurality.
    西夏文化的多元性体现在诸多方面，如制度、艺术、宗教等等。
25. A delivery system and method allow a financial institution to provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices.
    一种发送系统和方法，允许金融机构提供金融服务给多个远程装置。
26. The synchronization signal provides each of the plurality of devices a time reference to synchronize the data rate.
    该同步信号为多个设备中的每一个提供一个时间参考，用于同步数据速率。
27. The utility model is composed of a plurality of chessmen and a chessboard.
    该棋由若干粒棋子和一个棋盘组成。
28. The integrated circuit card preferably also comprises one or a plurality of communication interfaces;
    优选地所述集成电路卡还包括一个或多个通讯接口；
29. The illumination system has a light source ( 1) with a plurality of light emitters.
    照明系统具有带多个光发射器的光源（1）。

noun

1. (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)

   Synonym:    relative majority

2. a large indefinite number
   1. a battalion of ants
   2. a multitude of TV antennas
   3. a plurality of religions

   Synonym:    battalionlarge numbermultitudepack

3. the state of being plural
   1. to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable