1ADJ-GRADED 佔支配(或統治)地位的;佔優勢的;顯著的 Someone or something that is dominant is more powerful, successful, influential, or noticeable than other people or things. 佔支配(或統治)地位的;佔優勢的;顯著的
...a change which would maintain his party's dominant position in Scotland.
將使他的政黨在蘇格蘭繼續佔據支配地位的變化
She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.
2ADJ-UNGRADED [usually ADJ n](基因)顯性的,優勢的 A dominant gene is one that produces a particular characteristic, whether a person has only one of these genes from one parent, or two genes, one from each parent. (基因)顯性的,優勢的 [technical]
Because it is carried by a dominant gene, an affected individual can expect about half of his or her children to inherit the illness.