名词

1. 多数;大多数
The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.

2. 多数票;超过对方的票数
A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.

3. (观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的
Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.

4. 法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁)
Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.

5. see also: absolute majority;moral majority

1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts
the main part

e.g. the majority of his customers prefer it
the bulk of the work is finished

Synonym: bulk

2. (elections) more than half of the votes

Synonym: absolute majority

3. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs

Synonym: legal age