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the largest part of a group of people or things 大部分；大多数 - majority (of somebody/something)
The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. 大多数接受采访的人都喜欢看电视多于听收音机。 The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking. 大多数人支持禁烟。 This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals. 绝大部分医院都不提供这种治疗。 The overwhelming majority of participants were men. 绝大多数参与者是男性。 to represent/form/constitute/comprise the majority of somebody/something 代表/形成/构成/包含某人/某物的大多数 - in a/the majority (of something)
In the nursing profession, women are in the majority. 在护理行业，女性占大多数。 The drug provided significant pain relief in a majority of cases. 这种药物在大多数情况下都能显著缓解疼痛。 a majority decision (= one that is decided by what most people want) 根据大多数人的意见作出的决定 We make decisions by majority vote. 我们通过多数票做出决定。 the majority opinion/view 大多数人的意见/观点
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb2English speakers form the majority of the population. 讲英语的人占总人口的大多数。 He joined the majority in criticizing the government's reforms. 他加入到批评政府改革的大多数之中。 In the general population, right-handed people are in the majority. 一般人群中，惯用右手的人占大多数。 Opinion polls show that a majority supports a change in the law. 民意测验显示大多数人支持修改法律。 The French company holds a majority stake in the retail chain. 这家法国公司持有该零售连锁店半数以上的股权。 The leader of the majority party in the assembly serves as the prime minister. 议会中多数党的领袖担任总理。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- compose
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- in the majority
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- majority (of somebody/something)
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the number of votes by which one political party wins an election; the number of votes by which one side in a discussion, etc. wins （获胜的）票数；多数票 - by/with a majority of something
She was elected by a majority of 749. 她以749票的多数当选。 The resolution was carried by a huge majority. 这项决议以绝大多数票赞成而获得通过。 - majority over somebody
They had a large majority over their nearest rivals. 他们所得的票数远远超出名次仅次于他们的对手。 They have a clear majority (= large majority) in Parliament. 他们在议会中占绝对多数。 to win/get/gain/secure a majority 赢得/获得/获得/获得多数票
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections 在选举中投票 Running for election 参加选举 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
举行选举／全民公决 - (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
举行／要求／角逐大选／全国选举 - launch/run a presidential election campaign
开始总统竞选活动 - support/back a candidate
支持候选人 - sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
说服选民／全体选民 - appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 - fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票
Voting 投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
投（某人）一票 - vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
投票给保守党候选人／民主党 - mark/spoil your ballot paper
在选票上做标记；投废票 - count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
清点邮寄选票数 - go to/be defeated at the ballot box
去投票箱投票；竞选失败 - get/win/receive/lose votes
赢得／失去选票 - get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
赢得大众／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 - win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
赢得大选／（美国的）初选／议会中的一个席位／多数票／权力 - lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持／席位 - win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
以压倒多数的选票获胜／掌权 - elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
选举／再度选举某人为市长／总统／议员／参议员／国会议员／国会女议员
Taking power 掌权 - be sworn into office/in as president
宣誓就职／就任总统 - take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
（美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 - swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
（英国）宣誓效忠 - give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
发表（美国）总统就职演说 - take/enter/hold/leave office
就职；任职；离职 - appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
任命某人为大使／州长／法官／部长 - form a government/a cabinet
组建政府／内阁 - serve two terms as prime minister/in office
任两届总理；两届任职
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2Republicans increased their majority in both the House and the Senate. 共和党在参众两院都扩大了优势。 They failed to win the requisite two-thirds majority. 他们未能赢得所必需的三分之二多数票。 To govern effectively, he will need a working majority in Congress. 为了有效地管理，他需要在国会中获得足够多数票。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- government
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- by a majority
- majority against
- majority in
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- by/with a majority of something
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the difference between the number of votes given to the candidate who wins the election and the total number of votes of all the other candidates 超出其余各方票数总和的票数 Without this shift, Kerry would have had a popular majority of a million votes. 如果没有这一转变，克里将获得100万张选票的多数。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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law 法律 the age at which you are legally considered to be an adult 成年的法定年龄 The age of majority in Britain was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1970. 英国的成年年龄在1970年从21岁降低到18岁。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting superiority): from French majorité, from medieval Latin majoritas, from Latin major, comparative of magnus ‘great’.