predominates

英 [prɪˈdɒmɪneɪts]

美 [prɪˈdɑːmɪneɪts]

v. (数量上)占优势; 以…为主; 占主导地位; 有最大影响(或重要性)
predominate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

VERB （在数量上）占优势，占大多数
If one type of person or thingpredominatesin a group, there is more of that type of person or thing in the group than of any other.
1. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...
  在老年群体中女性占大多数，因为男性的寿命往往较短。
2. All nationalities were represented — but the English predominated.
  所有国家都有代表出席——但是英格兰人占大多数。
VERB 占主导地位；占支配地位；突出
When a feature or qualitypredominates, it is the most important or noticeable one in a situation.
1. He wants to create a society where Islamic principles predominate.
  他想创造一个以伊斯兰教戒律为主导的社会。

双语例句

In normal circumstances, our hominid brain predominates.
在正常情况下，我们大脑中的人类外层起着主导作用。
The dotted lines indicate the structure of the sentence: English predominates and some Hebrew text is embedded.
虚线表示句子的结构：英文主导以及一些嵌入式的希伯来文本。
Which of the two predominates depends on how a particular economy works.
二者之中由谁主宰，取决于特定经济体是如何运作的。
But idleness predominates in many lives where it is not suspected;
懒散主宰了许多人的生活，而不为人所知；
As deep strata uplift silently, local stress field predominates over strike-slip faulting.
于抬升停止期，此地区受大地应力的挤压而形成走向滑移的震源机制；
If the water predominates, death is prompt, the man is swallowed up; if earth predominates, death is slow.
如果水占优势，将出现淹没现象，人便迅速死亡，如泥占优势，死亡便缓慢，这就是下陷。
In these markets too, speculation predominates over enterprise.
同样还是在这些市场，投机胜过了投资。
Whatever idealism may motivate the participants, the profit motive predominates, permeates, and ultimately governs the transaction.
无论唯心主义如何激励参与者，利润始终是最主要的动机，渗透，并最终掌控这种交易。
Satin weave superficially resembles twill But does not have the regular step in each successive weft that characterizes twills. In weave patterns such as sateens or wrap-faced twills, one set of yarns predominates on the fabric surface.
例如纬缎或经面斜纹组织，其中有一组纱线浮现在织物表面。
Of these, as the endless daily parade of desperation and diagnoses makes evident, it is pain whose presence predominates.
如同平日无尽的绝望和诊断结果所证明的，疼痛在这三者中最为突出。