pluralityの意味・使い方・発音

plurality

英 [plʊə'rælɪtɪ] 美 [plʊ'ræləti]

plurality (n.): late 14c., "state of being plural," from Old French pluralite (14c.), from Late Latin pluralitatem (nominative pluralitas), from Latin pluralis (see plural). Meaning "fact of there being many, multitude" is from mid-15c. Church sense of "holding of two or more offices concurrently" is from mid-14c. Meaning "greater number, more than half" is from 1570s but is etymologically improper, perhaps modeled on majority. U.S. sense of "excess of votes over rival candidate(s)," especially when none has an absolute majority, is from 1828.

1. He only got a plurality on November 3 rd，just 49 percent.: 彼は11月3日の選挙で49%の相対多数票を獲得したにすぎない。

2.Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities，each with its own powers.: 連邦制は、それぞれが権力を持つ政治管理機関が多数存在することを意味する。

3.The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes.: 保守党は票の多数優勢を守った。

5.He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality .: 彼は現職知事を圧倒的多数票で破った。