most obvious or easy to notice 显著的；明显的；盛行的 having more power or influence than others 占优势的；主导的 a predominant culture 主流文化 a way of thinking that is predominant in modern social life 在现代社会生活中占主导地位的一种思维方式
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, from medieval Latin predominant- ‘predominating’, from the verb predominari (see pre-, dominate).