be the strongest or main element; be greater in number or amount
(数量上)占优势,占绝大多数
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small-scale producers predominate in the south .小型生产者在南方占绝大多数。
have or exert control or power
占主导地位,占支配地位
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private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good .个人利益不许凌驾于公共利益之上。
"late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin