1VERB (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. (提议、原则、观点)占上风,占优势,获胜,被接受
We hope that common sense would prevail. [VERB]
我们希望情理会占上风。
Rick still believes that justice will prevail. [VERB]
里克仍然相信正义会得以伸张。
Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests. [VERB + over]
2VERB (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. (情形、态度、风俗)盛行,流行,普遍
A similar situation prevails in America. [VERB]
相似的情况在美国随处可见。
...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution. [VERB]
在革命期间普遍存在的混乱
How people in a certain era bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death. [VERB-ing]