absolute majority

中文含义: 绝对多数,指得票数超过一半以上的绝对优势。

英语词性: noun

美式发音: /ˈæbsəlut ˈmædʒərəti/

同义词: outright majority, simple majority

易混淆单词: relative majority(相对多数),指得票数最多,但没有超过对手总票数的一半。

双语例句:

1. In order to be elected as president, a candidate must win an absolute majority of the electoral college.

为了当选总统,候选人必须赢得选举团的绝对多数

2. The ruling party failed to gain an absolute majority in the last general elections.

执政党在上一次大选中未能获得绝对多数

3. He won the election with an absolute majority of the votes.

他以绝对多数的得票数赢得了选举。

4. The candidate needs to secure an absolute majority of the delegates’ votes in order to win the nomination.

这位候选人需要赢得代表们绝对多数的选票才能赢得提名。