1 [sing] [with.sop] majority (of sb/sth) the largest number or part of a group of people or things 大多数；多数: The majority of students in the class come/comes from Japan. 班上大多数学生来自日本。 This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals. 这种治疗方法在绝大部份医院还没有使用。 [OPP] minority 反义词为minority

2 [C] [usu.sing] majority (over sb) (in an election) the difference in the number of votes for the person/party who came first and the person/party who came second （选举）超过对方的票数: He was elected by/with a majority of almost 5000 votes. 他以超过对方将近5000票当选。 If you have an overall majority you got more votes than all the other people/parties added together. 得到全体大多数票(overall majority)，即是所得的选票比所有其他候选者或政党所得的总和多。 ☞Look also at absolute majority. 另参看absolute majority。