predominate

predominate
verb
  1. [no obj.]be the strongest or main element; be greater in number or amount
    (数量上)占优势,占绝大多数
    small-scale producers predominate in the south.
    小型生产者在南方占绝大多数。
    ■have or exert control or power
    占主导地位,占支配地位
    private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.
    个人利益不许凌驾于公共利益之上。
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin predominat- 'predominated', from the verb predominari (see pre-, dominate)
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