1ADJ-GRADED 占支配(或统治)地位的;占优势的;显著的 Someone or something that is dominant is more powerful, successful, influential, or noticeable than other people or things. 占支配(或统治)地位的;占优势的;显著的
...a change which would maintain his party's dominant position in Scotland.
将使他的政党在苏格兰继续占据支配地位的变化
She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.
2ADJ-UNGRADED [usually ADJ n](基因)显性的,优势的 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)显性的,优势的 [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.