majority

名词 majority:

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

1. She reaches her majority next month.
   她下个月就到成年年龄了。
2. The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio.
   多数人喜欢电视胜过广播。

ma.jor.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 ma.jor.i.ties
The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.
大多数，过半数：大多数；超过全部的一半的数
The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.
多数票：占选票的决大多数，例如在选举中超过其余票数和的票数
The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
多数党：凭其更多的代表或更大的选举力量而享有最大权力的政党、政治集团或者派别
The status of having reached full legal age, with attendant rights and responsibilities.
成年：已经到达法定年龄并享有相应的权利和义务的一种状态
The military rank, commission, or office of a major.
少校：少校的军衔、军职或者职位
Obsolete The fact or state of being greater; superiority.
【废语】 占优势：更大的事实或状态；优越性

来源：
French majorité
法语 majorité
from Medieval Latin m3iôrit3s
源自 中世纪拉丁语 m3iôrit3s
from Latin m3ior [greater] * see meg-
源自 拉丁语 m3ior [更大的] *参见 meg-

Whenmajority refers to a particular number of votes, it takes a singular verb:
当majority 指特定的选票数目时， 其动词用单数：
例句：
Her majority was five votes.
她的票数是五票。

例句：
His majority has been growing by 5 percent every year.
他的票数正以每年5%的速度增长。

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.:
当它是指处于多数地位的一组人或事物时，其动词既可以用单数也可以用复数，取决于把这个集体当作一个整体来看待还是当作个别的人的组合。所以我们说大多数人选举了 （不用 elect ) 他们所想要的候选人 （不用 they want )， 因为选举是由一个作为整体的群体所完成的；但是大多数投票者住在 （不用 lives ) 市区， 因为住在城市里是每个投票人作为个人所做的事情。Majority 的前面往往加一个 great （但是不加 greater )， 用来强调指出.大多数.的含义：
例句：
The great majority approved.
绝大多数同意了。

The phrasegreater majority is appropriate only when considering two majorities:
词组greater majority 只是在两个多数作比较时才适用：
例句：
He won by a greater majority in this election than in the last.
他比上一次赢得更多数的选票