名词

1. 多数状态；诸多；众多
    If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist.

2. （超过其他任何一方的）多数
    If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea.

3. （指选举中获胜者得到的不及其他所有候选人得票总和的）相对多数（票）
    A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates.

4. （指选举中获得最多票数的候选人与得票数第二的候选人之间的）票数差额
    A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second.

1. (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)

    Synonym: relative majority

2. a large indefinite number

    e.g. a battalion of ants
           a multitude of TV antennas
           a plurality of religions

    Synonym: battalionlarge numbermultitudepack

3. the state of being plural

    e.g. to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable