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

But Amazon stuck with these efforts and became the dominant player in the field.
但亚马逊坚持了这些努力，并成为在该领域的的统治力的球员。
Another consequence has been the emergence of two dominant international financial centres: London and New York.
另一个后果是出现了两大占据支配地位的国际金融中心：伦敦和纽约。
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。
The British were formerly dominant in india.
英国人从前统治印度。
The dinosaurs and numerous other reptiles which had previously been dominant were extinct.
先前曾占主位的恐龙以及许多其他爬行动物到了这时都绝灭了。
The concept of meaning, in all its varieties, is the dominant philosophical concept of our time.
意义的概念，在其所有的变化中，是我们时代的支配性的哲学概念。
It is obviously autosomal dominant inheritance according to the pedigree.
由于第一代病例仅为右眼虹膜缺损，故较支持中胚层迷走发育的理论。
With China's economic development, real estate and automobiles will become the dominant national consumption.
随着中国经济的发展，房产和汽车必将成为国民消费的主导。
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。
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。