dominant

英 [ˈdɒmɪnənt]

美 [ˈdɑːmɪnənt]

adj. 首要的; 占支配地位的; 占优势的; 显著的; (基因)显性的，优势的
n. [生]显性性状; 显性基因; 优势物种; [乐]全阶第五音; 主因; 要素

复数：dominants　

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同义词辨析

domineering bossy dominant【导航词义：专横的】

domineeringadj. 〈贬〉专横的，霸道的

〔辨析〕

指飞扬跋扈、控制欲很强的，常试图控制其他人或事物，而不顾及他人的意见或感受。

〔例证〕

a domineering boss/manner
专横的老板／盛气凌人的态度
She found him arrogant and domineering.
她发现他这个人非常傲慢，而且控制欲极强。
Jim was stubborn and domineering with a very bad temper.
吉姆既固执又专横，脾气还很坏。
Their son was domineering as a little boy.
他们的儿子早在童年时就要做孩子王。

bossyadj. 〈贬〉专横的，爱指使人的

〔辨析〕

尤指对人颐指气使、爱发号施令的。

〔例证〕

Don't be so bossy.
别这么指手画脚的！
Mary remembers being a rather bossy little girl.
玛丽记得自己曾是一个颇为专横的小姑娘。
She moved out because her mother-in-law is too bossy.
她的婆婆爱指使人，所以她搬出去住了。

dominantadj. 〈贬〉专横的，盛气凌人的

〔辨析〕

作此义解时，可与 domineering 换用。

〔例证〕

a dominant/domineering mother/personality
专横的母亲／霸道的个性

牛津词典

adj.

首要的；占支配地位的；占优势的；显著的
more important, powerful or noticeable than other things
1. The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market.
  这家公司在国际市场上占有举足轻重的地位。
2. The dominant feature of the room was the large fireplace.
  这间屋子要数那个大壁炉最显眼了。
（基因）显性的，优势的
a dominant gene causes a person to have a particular physical characteristic, for example brown eyes, even if only one of their parents has passed on this gene

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 占支配（或统治）地位的;占优势的;显著的
Someone or something that isdominantis more powerful, successful, influential, or noticeable than other people or things.
1. ...a change which would maintain his party's dominant position in Scotland...
  将使他的政党在苏格兰继续占据支配地位的变化
2. She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.
  她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
ADJ-UNGRADED (基因)显性的，优势的
Adominantgene is one that produces a particular characteristic, whether a person has only one of these genes from one parent, or two genes, one from each parent.
1. Because it is carried by a dominant gene, an affected individual can expect about half of his or her children to inherit the illness.
  因为它是由显性基因携带，所以感染者的孩子会有约50％的可能性遗传该疾病。

英英释义

noun

an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Synonym:dominant allele
(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

adj

exercising influence or control
1. television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion
2. the dominant partner in the marriage
(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
most frequent or common
1. prevailing winds
Synonym:prevailingprevalentpredominantrife

双语例句

The environment of the river becomes more suitable for ciliates, which form the dominant group of animal plankton.
河流环境变得较适合纤毛类生物的生长，因而纤毛类成了浮游动物中占优势的群体。
Once enemies, the four dominant races are today capable of coexisting, sometimes in close cooperation.
一旦有了敌人，至今有能力共存的是四个支配性的种族，有时亲密的合作。
Although pioneering and conquering the nature were still their dominant thoughts, they had already had vague ecological consciousness.
虽然他们的思想中拓荒和征服自然仍然占主导，但已具有了朦胧的生态意识。
Japan is Asia's dominant supplier of imports and technology.
日本是亚洲进口货物和技术的最大供应国。
China is not a dominant nation in world fencing.
在世界击剑运动中，中国不是领先国。
I am not being aggressive, I am being dominant.
我没有侵略性了，我已经被控制了。
No longer is China dominant merely in labor-intensive manufacturing.
中国不再仅仅主宰劳动密集型的制造业了。
Confucianism promoted imperial examination's midwifery, and imperial examination ulteriorly reinforced the dominant status of confucianism.
儒家思想催生了科举考试，科举考试的发展进一步加强了儒家思想的主导地位。
Paris has played a dominant role in France, not just in political terms but also in economic power.
不仅仅在政治方面，而且在经济实力上巴黎在法国也都一直处于支配地位。
She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.
她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。