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pre·pon·de·rant /prɪˈpɒndərənt $ -ˈpɑːn-/ adjective formal MAINmain, most important, or most frequent 主要的；最重要的；最经常的 —preponderantly adverb the preponderantly female staff at the factory 工厂里占多数的女员工Examples from the Corpuspreponderant• There is a preponderant objection: popularity is worthless as an index of quality.• Before the war the preponderant output was produced in mass for a prospective demand.• Its influence remained preponderant until the tenth century.• As a result, I share the preponderant view that shorter sentences are often worse than longer sentences.Origin preponderant (1600-1700) Latin present participle of praeponderare “to weigh more than”pre·pon·de·rant adjectiveChineseSyllable most important, frequent most main, or Corpus |