The time was in the early 70s, so factory farming was not well-known, was not as dominated as it is today, but it still existed.

那时是70年代早期，工厂化养殖并不为很多人所知,也不如今天这样占主导地位，但当时已经出现了这种方式。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I also spoke to you about the heroic ethic, which is the dominant element in this system of theirs.

我也讲述了英雄主义的伦理观,这个是他们的伦理体系中占主导地位的元素

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

the specialization is very often dominant in academia.

专业化常在学术界占主导地位。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

More typically,one aspect of the culture dominates rather than the other.

更普遍的,是文化中某一部分,较另一部分更占主导地位

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

They do, but they also have an allegiance to their families and to themselves, which, in Homer, tend to predominate,and yet there is a sense in which the conflict is very real.

确实是的,但是他们也忠于他们的家庭,以及他们自己,在荷马史诗中后二者占了主导地位,然而,在这之间的确有着真实的冲突

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选