dominant

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dominant /ˈdɑːmənənt/ adjective

dominant

/ˈdɑːmənənt/

adjective

Learner's definition of DOMINANT

[more dominant; most dominant] : more important, powerful, or successful than most or all others首要的；占支配地位的；占优势的

The university has/plays a dominant [=major] role in the local economy.这所大学在当地经济中占主导地位。
Money is the dominant [=main] force in consumer societies.金钱是消费社会的主要力量。
The company is now dominant in its market.这家公司现在主导了市场。
What is the dominant [=major, predominant] theme of the play?这部剧最重要的主题是什么？
It is the dominant culture/tribe in the region.这是这一地区的主要文化/部落。
She has a very dominant [=domineering] personality.她性格专横跋扈。
the dominant female/male of the pack一伙人中占统治地位的女性/男性

: most common主导的；最普遍的

biology : causing or relating to a characteristic or condition that a child will have if one of the child's parents has it（生物学）显性的

— opposite recessive

— dominance

/ˈdɑːmənəns/ noun

[noncount]

The companies are competing for dominance in the market. = The companies are competing for market dominance.各公司正在竞争市场主导地位。
military/political dominance [=predominance]军事/政治优势
male dominance [=the state of men or male animals having more power than women or female animals]男权统治
the French language's dominance in the region = the regional dominance of the French language这个地区法语的主导地位

[singular]

adverb

The population is dominantly [=(more commonly) predominantly] Catholic.这里的人口绝大多数是天主教徒。
a dominantly inherited disease显性遗传疾病