prevails

英 [prɪˈveɪlz]

美 [prɪˈveɪlz]

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的第三人称单数

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

• A desire for international amity prevails throughout the world.
  国际间和睦相处的愿望在全世界占上风。
• In the battles for ownership of newspapers the law of the jungle often prevails.
  在争夺报纸所有权的斗争中，往往是弱肉强食。
• The way does not prevail under heaven ( or in the empire). or bad government prevails.
  天下无道。
• Yet the modernization of our strategic and conventional forces will assure that deterrence works and peace prevails.
  然而只有使我们的战略力量和常规力量都现代化了，才能保证威慑有效，和平占上风。
• Anyone with one eye and half sense ( common sense) knows that good prevails over evil.
  任何一个有一只眼睛和一半判断力（常识）的人都知道邪不压正。
• This custom still prevails among members of the older generation.
  这一风俗仍在老一辈人们中流行。
• A similar situation prevails in America
  相似的情况在美国随处可见。
• If that reason prevails, then nothing can be accomplished.
  只要有了这样一条理由，那就什么事也做不成了。
• The use of mobile phones prevails across all levels of society today.
  今天，手机的应用已经普及到各个社会阶层了。
• Then I remember that form so commonly prevails over substance in the financial world too.
  然后我想到了在金融界，形式胜于实质的情况也十分普遍。