preponderance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈpɒndəɹəns/|/pɹɪˈpɒndɹəns/    美 /pɹəˈpɑndəɹəns/|/pɹəˈpɑndɹəns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion. countable,uncountable
    — [S]trong proofs are at hand to shew, that in the Irish people there is a large admixture, if not an overwhelming praeponderance, of Iberian elements.
  2. Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence. countable,uncountable
    — In a few weeks he [William III of England] had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed.
  3. Greater physical weight. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  4. Greater physical weight.; The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. countable,historical,obsolete,specifically,uncountable

词形变化

preponderances plural praeponderance alternative præponderance alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
preponderance of evidence preponderance of the evidence
相关词
preponder preponderancy preponderant preponderantly preponderate preponderately preponderating preponderatingly preponderation prepondering preponderous preponderously

词源

Etymology tree
English preponderant
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English preponderance
From preponderant + -ance.
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