preponderance
英 [prɪ'pɒnd(ə)r(ə)ns]
美[prɪ'pɑndərəns]
- n. 优势；多数；占优势
英英释意
- 1. superiority in power or influence;
- "the preponderance of good over evil"
- "the preponderance of wealth and power"
- 2. a superiority in numbers or amount;
- "there is a preponderance of Blacks in our prisons"
- 3. exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight;
- "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale"