plurality

英 [plʊəˈræləti]

美 [plʊˈræləti]

n.  众多; 大量; (未超过半数的)最多数票; 复数

复数：pluralities　

法律

BNC.16413 / COCA.13022

牛津词典

noun

• 众多；大量
  a large number
  1. a plurality of influences
     众多的影响
• （未超过半数的）最多数票
  the number of votes given to one person, political party, etc. when this number is less than 50% but more than any other single person, etc. receives
  1. In order to be elected, a candidate needs only a plurality of the votes cast.
     候选人只需要得票最多就能当选。
• 复数
  the state of being plural

柯林斯词典

• QUANT-PLURAL 多数状态；诸多；众多
  If there is aplurality ofthings, a number of them exist.
  1. Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.
     联邦制意味着存在众多各自都拥有权力的政治管理机构。
• QUANT-PLURAL （超过其他任何一方的）多数
  If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of aplurality ofpeople, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea.
  1. The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes...
     保守党保住了选票的多数优势。
  2. 35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change.
     有35%的多数民众认为，经济改革不会带来实质性的变革。
• N-COUNT （指选举中获胜者得到的不及其他所有候选人得票总和的）相对多数（票）
  Apluralityin an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates.
  1. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
     他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。
• N-COUNT （指选举中获得最多票数的候选人与得票数第二的候选人之间的）票数差额
  Apluralityin an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second.
  1. Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.
     富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。

英英释义

noun

• (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)
  Synonym:relative majority
• a large indefinite number
  1. a battalion of ants
  2. a multitude of TV antennas
  3. a plurality of religions
  Synonym:battalionlarge numbermultitudepack
• the state of being plural
  1. 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

双语例句

• In the realm of fiction we discover that plurality of lives for which we crave.
  在文学的领域之中，我们找到了我们所渴望的那种多样化的生活。
• The utility model is composed of a plurality of chessmen and a chessboard.
  该棋由若干粒棋子和一个棋盘组成。
• The pyramid prism array includes a plurality of pyramid units, and each pyramid unit provides a cone-shaped surface;
  角锥棱镜阵列包括多个角锥单元，每一角锥单元提供一锥状表面。
• A plurality of elders, if not mandated, appears to have been common, and perhaps the norm.
  多元化的长者，如果没有授权，似乎已共同的，也许规范。
• China owns multiple classes full of plurality in concepts of public life.
  中国拥有多个阶层，大众的生活具有多元性，充满多元化的生活观念。
• He agreed with the plurality opinion's reading of the statute.
  他同意多数意见对法令的理解。
• The illumination system has a light source ( 1) with a plurality of light emitters.
  照明系统具有带多个光发射器的光源（1）。
• A cellular communication system has a plurality of cells and a plurality of channels.
  一个蜂窝通信系统具有多个服务小区和多个信道。
• Many aspects, such as its system, its arts, its religion, embodied this plurality.
  西夏文化的多元性体现在诸多方面，如制度、艺术、宗教等等。
• The synchronization signal provides each of the plurality of devices a time reference to synchronize the data rate.
  该同步信号为多个设备中的每一个提供一个时间参考，用于同步数据速率。