plurality

1. QUANT-PLURAL If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. 許多; 眾多[正式]

Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers. 聯(lián)邦制意味著數(shù)個政治機構(gòu)，各自有自己的權(quán)力。

2. QUANT-PLURAL 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. 多數(shù)[正式]

35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change. 35%的多數(shù)民眾認為經(jīng)濟改革只會帶來微乎其微的變化。

3. N-COUNT 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. 相對多數(shù)票[美國英語]

He only got a plurality on November 3, just 49 percent. 他在11月3號的選舉中僅獲得了49%的相對多數(shù)票。

4. N-COUNT 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. 票數(shù)差額[美國英語]

Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82. 富蘭克林在選舉團投票中以449票比82票的差額勝出。