【牛津详解】

verb 普遍存在；盛行；流行

Those beliefs still prevail among certain social groups.

这些信念在某些社会群体中仍很盛行。

verb (formal) (of ideas, opinions, etc. 思想、观点等) 被接受；战胜；压倒

Fortunately, common sense prevailed.

幸而理智占了上风。

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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。

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Rick still believes that justice will prevail

里克仍然相信正义会得以伸张。

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Different doctrines prevail in different times.

不同时期流行不同的学说。

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And Chinese science has taken a step towards the standards of civilised discourse that Westerners like to think prevail in their own countries.

中国的科学界向着讲文明的标准迈进了一步，西方人认为这种文明之花只在本国盛开。

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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？

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A similar situation prevails in America

相似的情况在美国随处可见。

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The way does not prevail under heaven ( or in the empire). or bad government prevails.

天下无道。

【天天记单词】prevail