Plurality
[plʊə'rælɪtɪ] or [plʊ'ræləti]
解釋/意思:
(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).
(noun.) the state of being plural; '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'.
杰瑞德校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
(n.) The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.
(n.) See Plurality of benefices, below.
編輯:耶鲁
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Multitude, multitudinousness, number, numerousness, profusion, host, legion,collection
ANT:Unity, singularity, oneness, solitude, individuality, singleness, isolation
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例句/造句/用法:
- Even the Jews in the interior have a plurality of wives. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- What a plurality of hypotheses does for the scientific investigator, a plurality of stated aims may do for the instructor. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Can there be any greater evil than discord and distraction and plurality where unity ought to reign? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It means rather consistency of mode of response in reference to the plurality of events which occur. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
手打:尼尔