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prevailed

英 [prɪˈveɪld]

美 [prɪˈveɪld]

v.  普遍存在; 盛行; 流行; 被接受; 战胜; 压倒; (尤指长时间斗争后)战胜,挫败
prevail的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

  • VERB (提议、原则、观点)占上风,占优势,获胜,被接受
    If a proposal, principle, or opinionprevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.
    1. We hope that common sense would prevail...
      我们希望情理会占上风。
    2. Rick still believes that justice will prevail...
      里克仍然相信正义会得以伸张。
    3. Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests.
      政治抱负和个人野心开始压倒经济利益。
  • VERB (情形、态度、风俗)盛行,流行,普遍
    If a situation, attitude, or customprevailsin a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time.
    1. A similar situation prevails in America...
      相似的情况在美国随处可见。
    2. ...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution...
      在革命期间普遍存在的混乱
    3. How people in a certain era bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death.
      某个特定时代的人们如何埋葬逝者很大程度上反映出当时人们对待死亡的普遍态度。
  • VERB (在战斗、竞赛、争论中)获胜,取胜
    If one side in a battle, contest, or disputeprevails, it wins.
    1. He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail...
      他似乎已经获得了取胜所需的选票。
    2. I do hope he will prevail over the rebels.
      我确实希望他能战胜叛乱者。
  • VERB 劝服;说服
    If youprevail uponsomeonetodo something, you succeed in persuading them to do it.
    1. We must, each of us, prevail upon our congressman to act...
      我们每一个人都必须说服我们各自的国会议员采取行动。
    2. Do you think she could be prevailed upon to do those things?
      你觉得有可能说服她去做那些事情吗?

双语例句

  • Recently, the debate about Chinese demand prevailed again in international copper market.
    近期,在国际期铜市场中,关于中国需求的讨论再度热了起来。
  • A number of factors had contributed to the financial environment that prevailed until mid-2007.
    许多因素都对2007年年中之前的金融环境起到了推波助澜的作用。
  • All is quiet on the vast expanse of open ground.; Profound silence prevailed on the open countryside.
    四野茫茫,寂静无声。
  • So far, pragmatism and dialogue seem to have prevailed.
    到目前为止,实用主义和对话似乎占据了主流。
  • As the majority, they have prevailed.
    因为亚洲成员占多数,它们占了上风。
  • Adequate housing is possible in developed, mixed economies wherein the interests of the poor have prevailed.
    在发达的混合经济体中,充足的房源供给是可能的,在那里贫困阶层的利益较有保障。
  • Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed.
    参议员欧巴马和我有著不同的看法,并互相辩论,而他胜出了。我确信这些不同仍。
  • I wanted to call out, but my dignity prevailed.
    我想喊出口,但我的自尊占据了上风。
  • He witnessed the first post-war economic crisis of serious consequences prevailed in various fields in the U.S.
    他亲眼目睹了美国战后第一次后果严重的波及各个领域的经济危机。
  • When the Great Tao prevailed, the whole world was one community.
    大道之行也,天下为公。(《礼记》)