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predominate over sb/sth
表示在竞争或比较中占优势。
In the final match, the champion's experience predominated over the challenger's youth.
在决赛中，冠军的经验战胜了挑战者的年轻。
占主导地位；占优势
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
占主导地位；占优势
to be greater in number, quantity, power, status, or importance
In the final match, the champion's experience predominated over the challenger's youth.
在决赛中，冠军的经验战胜了挑战者的年轻。
支配,控制,或以数量或规模上的优势取胜。
To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
突出；显得重要；成为整体的主要部分。
To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
支配或掌握权力,尤指通过数量优势；胜过。
To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
predominate
Base
原形
predominates
3rd person
第三人称单数
predominating
-ing
现在分词
predominated
Past
过去式
predominated
Past participle
过去分词
In many countries, English predominates in business.
在许多国家，英语在商业中占主导地位。
The old system predominated for centuries.
旧制度几个世纪以来占主导地位。
This style is predominating in modern architecture.
这种风格在现代建筑中占主导地位。
His influence has predominated over others.
他的影响力一直超过其他人。
In this region, small family farms still predominate.
在这个地区，小型家庭农场仍然占主导地位。
Young people predominate in the audience at these concerts.
这些音乐会的观众以年轻人为主。
Despite the new technology, traditional methods continue to predominate in many schools.
尽管有了新技术，传统方法在许多学校仍然占主导地位。
表示在竞争或比较中占优势。
In the final match, the champion's experience predominated over the challenger's youth.
在决赛中，冠军的经验战胜了挑战者的年轻。
表示在某领域或范围内占多数或主要地位。
Young people predominate in the city's population.
年轻人在这座城市的人口中占主导地位。
Not this
The company is predominate in the market.
Use this
The company predominates in the market.
“predominate”是动词，而“predominant”是形容词。原句错误地使用了形容词形式，应改为动词形式以表示“占主导地位”。
Not this
Red color predominates than blue.
Use this
Red color predominates over blue.
动词“predominate”用于比较时，其后应接介词“over”，表示“胜过、支配”，而不是“than”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在…中占主导地位
In this region, agriculture still predominates in the economy.
在这个地区，农业仍然在经济中占主导地位。
支配；胜过
His desire for power predominated over all other considerations.
他对权力的欲望压倒了所有其他考虑。
往往占优势
In stressful situations, negative emotions tend to predominate.
在压力大的情况下，负面情绪往往占据上风。
仍然占主导地位
Despite modern influences, traditional customs still predominate in many villages.
尽管有现代影响，传统习俗在许多村庄仍然占主导地位。
在…中占多数
Women predominate among the teaching staff.
在教职员工中女性占多数。
Use predominate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想‘pre’在前，‘dominate’统治，即‘在前面统治’→ 占主导地位。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术或正式写作、讨论比例或影响力 predominate 作为动词，通常用于正式或学术语境，表示数量、权力或重要性上的优势。在日常口语中较少使用，更常见的表达是 dominate 或 be dominant。
Abominate rhymes with predominate (same stressed vowel /ɒ/ and ending). Dominate, terminate, fascinate, eliminate, and discriminate are lookalikes with different stress or vowel; they do not rhyme.
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