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

• Reason prevailed over emotion.
  理智战胜了感情。
• As the majority, they have prevailed.
  因为亚洲成员占多数，它们占了上风。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Political arguments had prevailed over economic sense.
  政治论证压倒了经济意识。
• An uneasy truce prevailed.
  一种不稳定的休战状态出现了。
• 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。
• It would be the first time in human history that economic necessity has prevailed over military aggrandizement.
  那应该是人类历史上首次经济需要高于军事扩张。
• 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。