意味(日本語)

重さでまさる、(一方に)傾く

語源

• pond(er)- : L.ponderare = to weigh(の重さがある) L.pondus = a weight(おもり, 重量)

意味(英語)

• (verb-intransitive) To exceed something else in weight.
• (verb-intransitive) To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate: "In balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate” ( Henry Fielding).
• (adjective) Preponderant.

例文

• One observer after another expressed an opinion, but on the day the convention met, even Gore, who was as much an expert on the subject as anyone, confessed that “I really cannot yet form any judgment of the weight of members, or which side the pros or cons will preponderate.”

思案する、熟考する ◇L.ponderare(＝重さを量る)

語源

• pond(er)- : L.ponderare = to weigh(の重さがある) L.pondus = a weight(おもり, 重量)

重さを量ることができる、一考に値する

語源

• pond(er)- : L.ponderare = to weigh(の重さがある) L.pondus = a weight(おもり, 重量)

非常に重い、どっしりとした

語源

• pond(er)- : L.ponderare = to weigh(の重さがある) L.pondus = a weight(おもり, 重量)

重さ(量、数、力)においてまさる、多数の

語源

• pond(er)- : L.ponderare = to weigh(の重さがある) L.pondus = a weight(おもり, 重量)