predominant

adjective
🔊/prɪˈdɒmɪnənt/
🔊/prɪˈdɑːmɪnənt/
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  1. most obvious or easy to notice显著的;明显的;盛行的
    • a predominant feature显著特征
    • Yellow is the predominant colour this spring in the fashion world.黄色是今春时装界的流行色。🔊🔊
  2. having more power or influence than others占优势的;主导的 synonym dominant
    • a predominant culture主流文化
    • a way of thinking that is predominant in modern social life一种在现代社会生活中占主导地位的思维方式
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, from medieval Latin predominant- ‘predominating’, from the verb predominari (see pre-, dominate).