名詞 majority:

1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
   同義詞：bulk
2. (elections) more than half of the votes
   同義詞：absolute majority
3. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
   同義詞：legal age

1. She reaches her majority next month.
   她下個(gè)月就到成年年齡了。
2. The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.
   多數(shù)人喜歡電視勝過(guò)廣播。

ma.jor.i.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 ma.jor.i.ties
The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.
大多數(shù)，過(guò)半數(shù)：大多數(shù)；超過(guò)全部的一半的數(shù)
The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.
多數(shù)票：占選票的決大多數(shù)，例如在選舉中超過(guò)其余票數(shù)和的票數(shù)
The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
多數(shù)黨：憑其更多的代表或更大的選舉力量而享有最大權(quán)力的政黨、政治集團(tuán)或者派別
The status of having reached full legal age, with attendant rights and responsibilities.
成年：已經(jīng)到達(dá)法定年齡并享有相應(yīng)的權(quán)利和義務(wù)的一種狀態(tài)
The military rank, commission, or office of a major.
少校：少校的軍銜、軍職或者職位
Obsolete The fact or state of being greater; superiority.
【廢語(yǔ)】 占優(yōu)勢(shì)：更大的事實(shí)或狀態(tài)；優(yōu)越性

來(lái)源：
French majorité
法語(yǔ) majorité
from Medieval Latin m3iôrit3s
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) m3iôrit3s
from Latin m3ior [greater] * see meg-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) m3ior [更大的] *參見(jiàn) meg-

Whenmajority refers to a particular number of votes, it takes a singular verb:
當(dāng)majority 指特定的選票數(shù)目時(shí)， 其動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)：
例句：
Her majority was five votes.
她的票數(shù)是五票。

例句：
His majority has been growing by 5 percent every year.
他的票數(shù)正以每年5%的速度增長(zhǎng)。

When it refers to a group of persons or things that are in the majority,it may take either a singular or plural verb,depending on whether the group is considered as a whole or as a set of people considered individually.So we sayThe majority elects (not elect ) the candidate it wants (not they want ), since the election is accomplished by the group as a whole;butThe majority of the voters live (not lives ) in the city, since living in the city is something that each voter does individually. ·Majority is often preceded by great (but not by greater ) in expressing emphatically the sense of .most of.:
當(dāng)它是指處于多數(shù)地位的一組人或事物時(shí)，其動(dòng)詞既可以用單數(shù)也可以用復(fù)數(shù)，取決于把這個(gè)集體當(dāng)作一個(gè)整體來(lái)看待還是當(dāng)作個(gè)別的人的組合。所以我們說(shuō)大多數(shù)人選舉了 （不用 elect ) 他們所想要的候選人 （不用 they want )， 因?yàn)檫x舉是由一個(gè)作為整體的群體所完成的；但是大多數(shù)投票者住在 （不用 lives ) 市區(qū)， 因?yàn)樽≡诔鞘欣锸敲總€(gè)投票人作為個(gè)人所做的事情。Majority 的前面往往加一個(gè) great （但是不加 greater )， 用來(lái)強(qiáng)調(diào)指出.大多數(shù).的含義：
例句：
The great majority approved.
絕大多數(shù)同意了。

The phrasegreater majority is appropriate only when considering two majorities:
詞組greater majority 只是在兩個(gè)多數(shù)作比較時(shí)才適用：
例句：
He won by a greater majority in this election than in the last.
他比上一次贏得更多數(shù)的選票