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音标：[ pri"veil ]

中英文翻译

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1.胜，压倒，占优势；占上风，胜过 (over; against); 成功，奏效。

2.普遍；传开，盛行，流行，普及。

3.说服，劝说 (on; upon; with)。

短语和例子

This custom does not prevail now. 这种风俗现在已经不流行了。 Can"t I prevail upon you to have another helping of pie 你再吃一块馅饼好吗？ I cannot prevail upon him. 我说服不了他。 prevail over [against] the enemy 战胜敌人。

use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"

prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

同义词：triumph,

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

同义词：predominate, dominate, rule, reign,

continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

同义词：persist, die hard, run, endure,

be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

同义词：hold, obtain,

例句与用法

1.Presidents, by nature, desire to prevail .

总统的本性都是唯我独尊。

2.Perfect discipline prevailed ashore and afloat .

岸上、船上秩序井然。

3.Alas, unwisdom has already prevailed .

可惜，不明智的见解却在流行。

4.A certain festive cheerfulness prevails .

弥漫着一片节日的欢乐。

5.Profound silence prevailed on the open countryside .

四野茫茫，寂静无声。

6.By degrees policy prevailed over passion .

渐渐地，策略战胜了忿怒的情绪。

7.This custom does not prevail now .

这种风俗现在已经不流行了。

8.The techniques of demagoguery prevail .

蛊惑伎俩占压倒优势。

9.Why should it prevail against natural selection ?

它为什么要阻止自然选择呢？

10.However, the speech of common people prevailed .

最后，还是平民的语言普及了。

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