英语词汇“preponderant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

preponderant

释义

preponderant, a.|prɪˈpɒndərənt|
[ad. L. præponderānt-em, pr. pple. of præponderāre: see preponder. Cf. F. prépondérant (1723 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Preponderating.
1. Surpassing in weight; outweighing, heavier.
1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 136 The internal Cylinder of Quicksilver in the Tube is not held up by the preponderant Ayr without.
2. Surpassing in influence, power, or importance; predominant.
1660tr. Amyraldus's Treat. conc. Relig. ii. ii. 180 If he judge the reasons which disswade the thing..to be preponderant, then he will..abstain from doing it.1799S. Turner Anglo-Sax. ii. i. 171 Ella is commemorated as the preponderant Saxon chief.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 239 The Roundhead party was now decidedly preponderant.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 77 Flexion at the metacarpo-phalangeal joints..from preponderant contraction of the interossei.

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