单词详解

 n.

A.大多数，大半 (he greater in number of two parts; the main part)

  The majority of the young men prefer popular music. 大部分年轻人喜欢流行音乐。

B.成人，成年 (the legal age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs)

A person reaches his majority at the age of 18. 一个人二十一岁达到法定成年。

C.多得数选票 (elections) more than half of the votes)

 He won by a majority of two: the vote was seven to five.

他以两票多数获胜:票数是七比五。

相关词组

1. the majority of大部分

 The majority of the voters are against the proposal.大部分选民反对这个提议。

2. in the majority处于大多数，占大多数

 Among the members，those whose are present are in the majority.

成员当中，出席者占大多数。

相关单词

 反义词：minority

 近义词：most

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词语辨析：most,majority

most, majority

二者都有形容词词性，“大部分，大多数”；区别在于：

most: 大部分，大多数； many，much的最高级，还可以做副词或代词。

majority:名词，大部分，大多数；多得的票；法定年龄。

词语详解

1. most:大部分，大多数；many，much的最高级，还可以做副词或代词。

Who do you think has caught the most fish today? 你认为今天谁抓的鱼最多？

The film today is the most interesting one I have ever seen. 这是我看过的最有趣的电影。

Most of them don't agree with his opinion. 他们中大多数人都不同意他的意见。

2. majority:名词，大部分，大多数；多得的票；法定年龄。

 He won the election by a majority of only two. 他仅以两票的优势选举获胜。