Word · Frequency #989
Fully loadedmajorities
大多数；过半数
majorities is the plural of majority.
More than half of a group or people.
- 1.
More than half (50%) of some group.
- 2.
In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
- 3.
Ancestors; ancestry.
多数席位差额；领先票数；祖先；祖系；多数；大半；[计] 多数逻辑
In use
The majority of students voted for the new school policy.
In the election, she won by a clear majority.
The majority of the population lives in urban areas.
the majority of + plural noun
使用复数动词。
The majority of students agree with the decision.
大多数学生同意这个决定。
majority + singular/plural verb
视为整体用单数动词，强调个体用复数。
The majority vote for the proposal.
多数人投票赞成该提案。
in the majority
固定短语，表示占多数。
Men are in the majority in engineering.
Connections
Collocations
- vast majority
- 绝大多数
- The vast majority of students passed the exam.绝大多数学生通过了考试。
- overwhelming majority
- 压倒性多数
- The proposal was approved by an overwhelming majority.该提案以压倒性多数通过。
- simple majority
- 简单多数
- A simple majority is needed to pass the bill.通过该法案需要简单多数。
- majority vote
- 多数投票
- The decision was made by majority vote.该决定由多数投票作出。
- be in the majority
- 占多数
- Women are in the majority in this profession.女性在这个职业中占多数。
- majority of people
Learner notes
Memory Tip
major（主要的）+ ity（名词后缀）→ 主要的部分就是多数。
Context & Register
多数”一词在日常英语中常用于表示“超过半数”或“大部分”，在大多数语境中属于中性文体，但在法律或选举等正式场合可能略显正式。通常适用于非正式到中性的交流。
Grammar Note
当指多数人或事物时，谓语动词可用单数或复数；当强调个体时常用复数。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like minority, priority, and seniority share the same stressed vowel /ɒ/ and following /rɪti/ sounds, forming a perfect rhyme with majority. In contrast, authority has a different unstressed vowel (/ə/ vs /ɪ/), and security and curiosity have different stressed vowels, making them lookalikes rather than rhymes.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.