我学单词，不是背的，我是把牛津词典当书看，把每一个词汇词条当小说看，我从来没有背过单词，单词都是这样子就长进我的脑海了。今天我们给大家分享的单词专讲，也比较类似我自己的学习方法，供大家参考。接下来请看雅思内容：剑桥雅思词汇专讲-majority
majority
【释义】
基本释义 n. 多数
常考释义 n.大部分;大多数
【变形】
复数：majorities
n. 大部分;大多数【语块】
majority influence
【剑雅例句】
1. The majority of geo-engineering projects so far carried out - which include planting forests in deserts and depositing iron in the ocean to stimulate the growth of algae - have focused on achieving a general cooling of the Earth.(剑雅11-TEST1)
& 目前开展的主要的地球工程项目包括在沙漠中种植绿树以及在大海里投放铁块以促进藻类生长，这些努力都集中于让地球降温。
2. This means that, for the majority, we humans have shelter from the elements, yet we subject our food-bearing plants to the rigours of the great outdoors and can do no more than hope for a good weather year.(剑雅11-TEST1)
这意味着，对于大多数人来说，我们从大自然处获取了可以遮风挡雨的居所，但却把那些为我们提供食物的农作物扔给了室外的大自然之力，而我们为它们能做到的，仅仅是渴求风调雨顺。
3. France is where we have the majority of sites, and we currently have a project to expand into Switzerland.(剑雅7-TEST1)
法国是我们的大多数站点的地方，我们目前有一个项目扩展到瑞士。
4. However, this idea does not seem to hold true for the majority of mass strandings because examination of the animals stomach contents reveal that most had not been feeding as they stranded.(剑雅9-TEST1)
然而，这一想法似乎并不适用于大多数大规模搁浅是因为动物们的胃内容物的检查表明，大多数鲸搁浅时是没有被喂食物的。
5. The majority are internal, so they have windows in the roof to light them.(剑雅11-TEST2)
大多数是内部的，所以这些房间的窗子在屋顶上，来照亮这些房间.
6. Well there are several free concerts taking place at different times - one or two in the morning, (Q3) the majority at lunchtime, and a couple in the evening.(剑雅11-TEST3)
嗯，有几个免费的音乐会，在不同的时间——早晨有一两个，在吃午饭的时候居多，在晚上有几个.
7. Studies carried out by Turner of many thousands of New and Old World specimens, both ancient and modern, suggest that the majority of prehistoric Americans are linked to Northern Asian populations by crown and root traits such as incisor shoveling (a scooping out on one or both surfaces of the tooth), single-rooted upper first premolars and triple-rooted lower first molars.(剑雅7-TEST3)
Turner 通过对几千名从古至今的世界新旧案例的研究揭示出，史前美洲人与北亚人在牙冠和牙根方面息息相关，如门齿及锄齿(即一种表面的一面或两面带有锄铲状的牙齿)，单根的上部前臼齿及三根下部前臼齿。
8. In fact, only a small majority of sighted subjects – 53% – had paired far and near to theopposite partners.(剑雅4-TEST1)
实际上，只有略微多数(53%)的视觉正常者将远、近分别与方、圆联系在一起。
9. Majorityrule would argue that this device somehow indicated motion very well.(剑雅4-TEST1)
多数原则论认为，这种画法可以很好地表达运动含义。
10. In answer to the final question about the importance ofrainforest conservation, the majority of children simply said that we needrainforests to survive.(剑雅4-TEST1)
最后一个问题是关于保护雨林的重要性。大部分孩子只是说我们需要有热带雨林才能生存。
11. The majority of sharks are caught during the warmest months, from November to February, when sharks are most active and when both the air and the ocean are at their maximum temperature.(剑雅4-TEST4)
大多数鲨鱼在最暖和的月份里被捉住，从十一月到二月，当空气和海洋都处于最高温度时，鲨鱼是最活跃的。
12. According to the latest figures, the majority of the world’s population is now bilingual or multilingual, having grown up speaking two or more languages. (剑雅12-TEST6)
根据最近的数据显示，全球大部分人口现在具有双语能力或者多语能力，他们长大后说两种或者多种语言。
n. (获胜的)票数;多数票
n. 法定成年年龄(英国和美国大多数州规定为18周岁)
adj. (观点、决定、体制等)多数人支持的，多数人拥护的
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