Word · Frequency #10047
predominate
占主导地位；占优势
核心释义
to be greater in number, quantity, power, status, or importance
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
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.
支配,控制,或以数量或规模上的优势取胜。；突出；显得重要；成为整体的主要部分。；支配或掌握权力,尤指通过数量优势；胜过。；掌握；控制
用法In use
In this region, small family farms still predominate.
用法提示：predominate 作不及物动词，表示在数量或重要性上占主导地位。
Young people predominate in the audience at these concerts.
用法提示：predominate 后接 in 引出范围，表示在某群体中占优势。
Despite the new technology, traditional methods continue to predominate in many schools.
用法提示：predominate 作谓语，说明传统方法在重要性上占优。
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。
predominate in sth
表示在某领域或范围内占多数或主要地位。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- predominate in
- 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。
- predominate over
- 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。
- tend to predominate
- 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。
- still predominate
- 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。
- predominate among
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想‘pre’在前，‘dominate’统治，即‘在前面统治’→ 占主导地位。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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