英 [prɪˈveɪl] 美 [prɪˈveɪl]
v. 流行，盛行；（在比赛、竞赛或争辩中）击败，获胜；占优势，占上风；（继续）使用；说服，劝服（prevail on/upon）
第三人称单数prevails
现在分词prevailing
过去式prevailed
过去分词prevailed
prevail /prɪˈveɪl/ CET4 TEM4 [ prevailing prevailed prevails ]
不及物动词 If a proposal, principle, or opinion prevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument. 占上风
We hoped that common sense would prevail.
我们希望常识能占上风。
Rick still believes that justice will prevail.
里克仍然相信正义会占上风。
不及物动词 If a situation, attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time. 盛行; 普遍存在
A similar situation prevails in Canada.
同样的情况在加拿大也普遍存在。
...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution.
…在革命时期普遍存在的混乱。
不及物动词 If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins. 获胜
He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail.
他看来有他胜出所需要的选票。
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
同义词： predominate / dominate / rule / reign
use persuasion successfully
He prevailed upon her to visit his parents
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This text is on the basis of combining the development of engineering robust design in the recent years, having summarized the research situation and development trend of the robust design, having introduced MATLAB which is the large scale scientific calculation software and relatively prevail at present to robust optimizing design method, attempts to combine the two together, in order to achieve the goal of learning from other's strong points to offset one's weaknesses each other between the outstanding design method and advanced computing technology.
本文是在结合近年来工程稳健设计的发展及前人研究成果的基础上,总结了稳健设计的研究现状和发展趋势,将当前比较流行的大型科学计算软件——MATLAB引入到稳健优化设计方法当中,试图将二者结合起来,以达到使优秀的设计方法与先进的计算技术之间互相取长补短的目的。
... prejudice n.偏见，成见；损害，侵害 v.损害 常成为考点的表缺陷的词 prevail vi.流行，盛行；获胜，成功 褒义词 previous a.在前的，早先的 adv.在…以前 这个词常用来引出旧观点，也就是作者要屏弃的观点 ...
从球队表现看面对巴黎圣日尔曼、波尔多和南锡都能保持不败，但却不敌升班马第戎，而且在法联杯与甘冈交锋中也不占上风(Prevail)，凭加时才战胜对手，可见球队打硬仗能力不错，迎战弱旅反而缺少争胜的本钱。食万人之力者，蒙其忧，任其劳。
... prevail vi. 盛行，流行；战胜，获胜 popular adj. 流行的，通俗的；受欢迎的；大众的；普及的 fashionable adj. 流行的；时髦的；上流社会的 ...
... pretty adj.漂亮的，悦耳的；adv.相当，颇 prevail vi.胜（过），流行 prevention n.预防，阻止 ...
prevailing 流行的；一般的，最普通的；占优势的；盛行很广的
prevailing 盛行，流行（prevail的现在分词形式）；获胜
We hoped that common sense would prevail.
我们希望常识能占上风。
Rick still believes that justice will prevail.
里克仍然相信正义会占上风。
Those beliefs still prevail among certain social groups.
这些信念在某些社会群体中仍很盛行。
"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.
VOA : special.2010.01.10
Moses holds out a rod during battle in order that Israel prevail over her enemies, and Joshua will do the same with a javelin.
摩西在战役中手持权杖以使以色列人击败,敌人，约书亚将用标枪做同样的事情。
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But Machiavelli does not deny that in ordinary terms, in what we might call times of normal politics, the ordinary rules of justice prevail.
但马奇亚维利并未否认,太平时期，在我们会称之为常态政治的时期，寻常的正义规范才是准则。
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad told his counterparts that he hoped "fraternal and peaceful relations prevail in the region,once again .
VOA : standard.2009.05.24
"It's devastating to the space program if it's approved by Congress, and I really hope that more level heads will prevail.
VOA : standard.2010.04.15
Western civilization s signature achievement was not democracy but the idea that laws prevail over lawgivers.
The perspective held that high confrontation would allow the strongest vantage points (and executives) to prevail.
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Yet it was a hard batch of data to interpret, and the qualms didn't prevail.