英语释义

• the state of being plural;

  "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable"

• a large indefinite number;

  "a battalion of ants"

  "a multitude of TV antennas"

  "a plurality of religions"

• (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)

片语

plurality system多数票制

plurality culture多元文化

plurality runoff排序复选制

Creation Plurality创作多元性

Simple plurality简单多数制

relative plurality相对多数决制

Plurality analysis多小穗类型

multitude大量，多数；群众，人群

plurality decision多数裁决

majority多数；成年

英汉例句

• the attack on plurality and on the story and on public territory is therefore not an attack on a single side of life; it is an attack on all of life.

  于是，对多样性，对故事，和对公共领域的攻击并不仅仅是对生活的一个方面的攻击；这是对生活的全面进攻。

• that「s why it」s only fitting that the plurality of nba rookies voted bryant as their favorite player.

  那也是为什么多数的nba新秀把布莱恩特当作他们最喜爱的球员。

• he reclaimed his senate seat in 1823 and then ran for the presidency the following year in a four-man race, collecting a plurality of the popular tally but insufficient electoral votes to win.

  杰克逊在1823年拿回了他的参议员席位，然后于次年参与到有四人共同角逐的总统大选中，尽管收获了大众选举的多数选票，但终因没有得到足够多的选举人票惜败退场。

• uzbeks comprise perhaps 15% of the country’s population, a plurality among the minorities.

  乌兹别克人占全国总人口的15%，在少数民族中是一个相对多数的群体。

• but in america’s 「winner-takes-all」 system, where the candidate with a plurality of votes becomes the representative and all other votes count for nothing, maps are crucial.

  但是在美国这种「赢家通吃」的体制下，只有获得大多数选民支持的候选人才能成为议员而其余选票均不作数，这样一来，选举版图发挥着尤为关键的作用。

• most think mr obama is doing a good job in iraq, and a plurality think his plan to withdraw most american troops by the end of 2010 is about right.

  绝大多数人认为奥巴马先生正在伊拉克做一件好事，占多数的人认为他在2010年年底前撤回大多数美军的计划是恰当的。

• for the first time last year, a gallup poll reported that a slim plurality of americans found this option preferable to a capital sentence (48-47%).

  去年盖洛普民意测验报告说，相对死刑支持者，支持不可假释终生监禁的人第一次占到了微弱多数。

• that mr obama went for broke despite polls showing a plurality of voters opposed to his plan strikes some as bold; others as rash.

  奥巴马不顾民意测验显示的多数人的反对，执意寻求突破，这让人惊异，一些人觉得他无畏，另一些人觉得他轻率。

• after months of postponements, former interim prime minister ayad allawi「s iraqiya bloc emerged with a slim plurality of seats on march 26, 2010.

  在数个月的推迟之后，在2010年3月26日，前临时主席阿亚德阿拉维德伊拉克集团得到了微弱多数的席位。

• of the 804 people who were prosecuted for terrorism in the eight years following september 11th 2001, a plurality has been american citizens like mr shahzad.

  自2001年9月11日以来的8年时间内，共有804人因恐怖主义而被起诉，其中大多数是美国公民，类如 shahzad先生。

• ultimately the country’s economic failings express the preferences of a plurality of italians.

  意大利经济的失败从本质上表现出多数意大利人的偏好。

• when there is no clear majority, the resulting decision is called a plurality opinion.

  当没有绝对半数通过时，判决结果称之为多数意见。

• in addition, for the first time a plurality preferred congress did nothing on health care rather than pass the overhaul plan that would be mr. obama」s signature achievement so far.

  此外，这是首次有多数受访者认为国会在医疗改革方面什么都没干，只是通过了一份整改计划，而这可能就是奥巴马迄今最突出的政绩了。

相似词

majority多数；成年