dominance

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dom·i·nance /ˈdɒmənəns $ ˈdɑː-/ AWL noun [uncountableU]

STRONG PERSONIMPORTANTthe fact of being more powerful, more important, or more noticeable than other people or things 优势，显要，突出 → dominate

dominance of

the continuing dominance of the army in Uganda

军队在乌干达继续保持的主导地位

political/economic/cultural etc dominance

the economic and political dominance of Western countries

西方国家的经济和政治优势

dominance over

television’s dominance over other media

相对其他媒体而言电视拥有的优势

Examples from the Corpus

dominance• Parasites, for instance, affect dominance, at least in mice.• In this culture, establishing dominance is often exalted.• But if they challenge the bureaucratic-military oligarchy for dominance, they are likely to be confronted by a coupd'état.• There, too, Theseus and the Minotaur struggle for dominance.• But the theorists do not specify precisely how important Fordism was, nor how its hypothesized dominance was established.• military dominance• Cooley acknowledges the class structure as a pervasive reality and he too is distressed by the dominance of the top class.

dominance over• The Buffalo Sabres continued their dominance over the Boston Bruins with a 5-0 win.

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