[no obj.]be the strongest or main element; be greater in number or amount (數量上)占優(yōu)勢,占絕大多數 small-scale producers predominate in the south. 小型生產者在南方占絕大多數。 ■have or exert control or power 占主導地位,占支配地位 private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good. 個人利益不許凌駕于公共利益之上。
語源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin predominat- 'predominated', from the verb predominari (see pre-, dominate)