dominant

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dom·i·nant1 /ˈdɒmɪnənt $ ˈdɑː-/ W3 AWL adjectiveadj

1 STRONG PERSONMAINmore powerful, important, or noticeable than other people or things 强大的，占优势的，突出的 → dominate

The dominant male gorilla is the largest in the group.

领头的公猩猩是这群大猩猩中体形最大的一个。

Japan became dominant in the mass market during the 1980s.

20世纪80年代日本在大众市场上开始占据优势。

its dominant position within the group

它在该组织中的突出地位

► see thesaurus at powerful

2 controlling or trying to control other people or things – used to show disapproval 专横的，盛气凌人的〔含贬义〕 SYN domineering

a dominant personality

专横的个性

3 HBH technical a dominant gene causes a child to have a particular physical feature or illness, even if it has been passed on from only one parent 〔基因〕显性的 → recessive

The disease is under the control of a single dominant gene.

这种疾病受一个显性基因控制。

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dominant• Brown eyes are dominant.• dominant and aggressive behavior• Gradually, Microsoft became the dominant company in the software business• Overseas, Nielsen remains dominant in gathering sales and other data from retailers.• This was the dominant motif for schools in the first half of the century.• At the time Portugal was the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean.• Their strident moralism jarred with both the measured middle-class radicalism of the repealers and the dominant patrician language of high politics.• These are the dominant players in the Internet access hierarchy and provide other smaller service providers with backbone connectivity.• He suggests that in all cases contradictory discourses are neutralised by the dominant, privileged discourse.• In all of these situations the dominant social system lost its ability to adapt.• TV is the dominant source of information in our society.• Of course, these features of a society will themselves be influenced by its dominant style of adjudication.• But the dominant urban feature in the inter-war period was the growth and spread of London.

dominant position• For centuries, they gave it a dominant position.• What's more, the law is on Littlewoods' side in keeping its dominant position.• With many browsers and server programs available, Netscape will lose its dominant position in the business.• Dynamic competition to establish a dominant position may involve reducing costs, process innovation, and product innovation, which are welfare-enhancing.• The primates attained their dominant positions through a combination of military skill, physical prowess, and personal magnetism.• It may also be powerful between close relatives where one may be in a dominant position vis-à-vis the other.• A company in a dominant position which charges excessive prices for its products may be acting abusively.

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