lion's share

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlaɪ.əns ʃɛə/    美 /ˈlaɪ.ənz ʃɛ(ə)ɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The majority; a large or generous portion. idiomatic
    — They got a large donation, but the lion’s share of the money went straight into paying off debt.

词形变化

the lion's share canonical lion's shares plural lions' shares plural

词源

From Aesop’s fable The Lion's Share, in which a lion claims the full amount of the spoil after hunting with a number of other beasts. In one version of the fable, the lion claims three-quarters of the kill rather than the whole, leaving the three other animals to fight over the remainder.
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