more important, powerful or easy to notice than other things 首要的；占支配地位的；占优势的；显著的 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。 🔊🔊 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。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesBanks have a dominant role in most countries' economies. 银行在大多数国家的经济中起着主导作用。 London is dominant within the UK economy. 伦敦在英国经济中占主导地位。 No one group appears to be overwhelmingly dominant. 似乎没有人占绝对优势。 The state of the economy has been the dominant theme of the election. 经济形势已成为选举的重要主题。
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biology 生物 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 （基因）显性的，优势的
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin dominant- ‘ruling, governing’, from the verb dominari, from dominus ‘lord, master’.