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prevail vi.盛行；获胜；劝说 (1) 这种旧风俗现在已经不流行了。(2) 该国的这一地区天气多雾。(3) 美德定将战胜邪恶。(4) 我曾试图说服他留下。 Prevail can be used for different kinds of success. If you prevail upon someone, you have influence on them. If you prevail over someone, you win. Say you’re a big fan of a losing team. You might cheer, “Despite all odds, we will prevail!” To use prevail there has be some kind of contest. That could be internal, like when you’re on a diet and your desire to eat chocolate cake prevails over your discipline.

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英 [prɪ'veɪl] 美 [prɪ'veɪl] (1) This old custom does not prevail now.(2) Misty weather prevails in this part of the country.(3) Virtue will prevail against evil.(4) I tried to prevail on him to stay. Prevail means to successfully persuade someone of something. If you were a Presidential advisor and you convinced him to make a National Day of Pet Appreciation, then you prevailed upon him to recognize pets. 1[VERB 动词]（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.   [V]  [V over n]We hope that common sense would prevail...我们希望情理会占上风。Rick still believes that justice will prevail...里克仍然相信正义会得以伸张。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。2[VERB 动词]（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.   [V]  [V-ing]A similar situation prevails in America...相似的情况在美国随处可见。...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution...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.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。3[VERB 动词]（在战斗、竞赛、争论中）获胜，取胜 If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins.   [V]  [V over/against n]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。I do hope he will prevail over the rebels.我确实希望他能战胜叛乱者。4[VERB 动词]劝服；说服 If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it.   [V upon/on n to-inf]  [FORMAL 正式]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。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？

英语单词	prevail
英美音标	英 [prɪ'veɪl] 美 [prɪ'veɪl]
中文释义	vi.盛行；获胜；劝说
英语例句	(1) This old custom does not prevail now. (2) Misty weather prevails in this part of the country. (3) Virtue will prevail against evil. (4) I tried to prevail on him to stay.
中文例句	(1) 这种旧风俗现在已经不流行了。 (2) 该国的这一地区天气多雾。 (3) 美德定将战胜邪恶。 (4) 我曾试图说服他留下。
vocabulary简明	Prevail means to successfully persuade someone of something. If you were a Presidential advisor and you convinced him to make a National Day of Pet Appreciation, then you prevailed upon him to recognize pets.
vocabulary扩展	Prevail can be used for different kinds of success. If you prevail upon someone, you have influence on them. If you prevail over someone, you win. Say you’re a big fan of a losing team. You might cheer, “Despite all odds, we will prevail!” To use prevail there has be some kind of contest. That could be internal, like when you’re on a diet and your desire to eat chocolate cake prevails over your discipline.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（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. [V] [V over n] We hope that common sense would prevail... 我们希望情理会占上风。 Rick still believes that justice will prevail... 里克仍然相信正义会得以伸张。 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。 2 [VERB 动词]（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. [V] [V-ing] A similar situation prevails in America... 相似的情况在美国随处可见。 ...the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution... 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. 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。 3 [VERB 动词]（在战斗、竞赛、争论中）获胜，取胜 If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins. [V] [V over/against n] 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。 I do hope he will prevail over the rebels. 我确实希望他能战胜叛乱者。 4 [VERB 动词]劝服；说服 If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it. [V upon/on n to-inf] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 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？

Prevail Verb 动词 [V Custom I Influence You’re