不及物动词
1. His argument prevailed and I yielded.
他的论点占了上风，我让步了。
2. Silence prevailed.
一片寂静。
3. Will you use your influence to prevail upon them to support the suggestion?
你能不能利用你的影响劝他们支持这个建议呢？
4. Good will prevail over evil.
善良将战胜邪恶。
5. This custom prevails over the whole area.
这一习俗在整个地区盛行。
1. 盛行,流行,占优势：pretext 藉口 | prevail 盛行,流行,占优势 | prevalent 流行,盛行的
2. 显示：Portable可携带的 | Prevail显示 | Prompt迅速的
3. 战胜：aggressive:程度要比一般程度要深的 | prevail: 战胜 | negotiate 挤出一条路
1. prevail
1. （提议、原则、观点）占上风，占优势，获胜，被接受
If a proposal, principle, or opinion prevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.
e.g. We hope that common sense would prevail...
我们希望情理会占上风。
e.g. Rick still believes that justice will prevail...
里克仍然相信正义会得以伸张。
2. （情形、态度、风俗）盛行，流行，普遍
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.
e.g. A similar situation prevails in America...
相似的情况在美国随处可见。
e.g. ...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution...
在革命期间普遍存在的混乱
3. prevail的解释
3. （在战斗、竞赛、争论中）获胜，取胜
If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins.
e.g. 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。
e.g. I do hope he will prevail over the rebels.
我确实希望他能战胜叛乱者。
4. 劝服；说服
If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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？
1. Yet no one can say with any certainty today that stability is going to prevail in Iraq in the years to come.
2. At the same time, traditional values that expect the female to remain chaste still prevail.
3. In maintaining a sound relationship where differences exist, the most productive approach is to let common interests prevail.
4. prevail什么意思
4. In maintaining a sound relationship where ostensible differences exist, the most productive approach is to let common interests prevail.
5. There is not much a government can do to control online disinformation except hope that common sense will prevail in the end.
6. With the map of the Electoral College shading blue, any Democrat strong enough to win the nomination can conceivably prevail in November.
7. It is hoped that by emphasizing energy and the environment in the evaluation system, a correct conception of sustainable development will prevail.
8. Such a settlement should also take care of the rightful concerns of both sides involved to ensure that peace and confidence prevail in the region.
9. When those natural and manmade advantages prevail more evidently, a sense of female entitlement creeps in.
10. In the airport dispute, cooler heads appeared to prevail after the angry threat of force from the Interior Ministry.
verb
1. use persuasion successfully
e.g. He prevailed upon her to visit his parents
2. prevail的解释
2. prove superior
e.g. The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight
Synonym: triumph
3. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
e.g. Money reigns supreme here
Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
Synonym: predominate dominate rule reign
4. prevail
4. continue to exist
e.g. These stories die hard
The legend of Elvis endures
Synonym: persist die hard run endure
5. be valid, applicable, or true
e.g. This theory still holds