Dominant、Predominant与Sovereign均含有“占优势的”之意。

Dominant: 强调权威，表示处于支配地位的。

a dominant military power主要军事力量

Dominant gene 显性基因

Dominant groups主流群体

a dominant position举足轻重的地位

Law on architectural activity No. 1350 from 02.11.2000, which has as main aim the efficient development of the national architecture, perseverance of its traditional stile and determination of the role of the architect as the dominant person in the process of architectural activity and regulates the relations that appear within the architectural activity, determines the forms of architectural activity, state support and the competence of the central and local public administration bodies in the field of architecture and urbanism, justifies the intellectual property rights of the architect, establishes the main functions, rights and obligations of the physical and legal entities involved in the process of architectural activity.

关于建筑设计活动的第135号法律(2000年11月2日通过)所要实现的主要目标是，有效开发全国建筑、保护传统建筑、确定建筑师在建筑设计活动中的主导作用，协调建筑设计活动内部的关系、确定建筑设计活动的形式、国家资助的形式以及中央和地方政府机构在建筑与城市化方面的职能、保护建筑师的知识产权、明确参与建筑设计活动的自然人和法人实体的主要职能、权利和义务。

Predominant: 强调影响力，显著的；明显的；盛行的。

a predominant feature 显著特征

a predominant culture 主流文化

predominant colour 流行色

predominant emotion主导情绪

Those who voted against the resolution either invoked that religions could not and should not be subjects of international human rights law or denounced what they perceived as the resolution’s predominant focus on one religion.

投票反对该决议者要么声称，宗教不可，也不应成为国际人权法的主题；要么谴责，在他们看来决议给予了某一宗教占主导地位关注的做法。

Sovereign：指(人或机构的权力) 至高无上的；首要的。

Sovereign power 至高无上的权力

Sovereign ruler 最高统治者

Sovereign power will continue to lie with the Supreme People's Assembly.

至高无上的权力将继续掌控在最高人民议会。