plurality

柯林斯词典

1. QUANT-PLURAL If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. 许多; 众多[正式]
Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers. 联邦制意味着数个政治机构，各自有自己的权力。
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. 多数[正式]
35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change. 35%的多数民众认为经济改革只会带来微乎其微的变化。
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. 相对多数票[美国英语]
He only got a plurality on November 3, just 49 percent. 他在11月3号的选举中仅获得了49%的相对多数票。
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. 票数差额[美国英语]
Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82. 富兰克林在选举团投票中以449票比82票的差额胜出。