prevailing

英 [prɪˈveɪlɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈveɪlɪŋ]

adj.  普遍的; 盛行的; 流行的; (指风)一地区常刮的
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的现在分词

现在分词：prevailing　

CET6TOEFL法律

BNC.6137 / COCA.6777

牛津词典

adj.

• 普遍的；盛行的；流行的
  existing or most common at a particular time
  1. the prevailing economic conditions
     普遍的经济状况
  2. the attitude towards science prevailing at the time
     当时对科学的流行看法
  3. The prevailing view seems to be that they will find her guilty.
     一般人的看法似乎认为她会被判有罪。
• （指风）一地区常刮的，盛行的
  the prevailing wind in an area is the one that blows over it most frequently

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （风）盛行的，常年刮的
  Theprevailingwind in an area is the type of wind that blows over that area most of the time.
  1. The direction of the prevailing winds should be taken into account.
     应该将盛行风的方向考虑在内。

英英释义

adj

• most frequent or common
  1. prevailing winds
  Synonym:prevalentpredominantdominantrife

双语例句

• I have been fighting the prevailing decadence for years.
  多年来我一直在和盛行的颓废现象作斗争。
• The analysis adds new twists to prevailing notions about archaic human history.
  这方面的分析给现在流行的关于古人类历史的说法添加了新的花样。
• The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.
  同化少数人群体逐渐接受盛行的文化的风俗和态度的过程。
• Both images challenge prevailing categories of gender.
  两类图像都挑战了当前的性别分类。
• He wore his hair in the prevailing fashion.
  他的头发梳的是当时盛行的发型。
• God seems to have doomed the bustling traffic and the prevailing environment.
  似乎上帝已经注定了熙熙攘攘的车流和当时的环境。
• A greater public awareness exists about the prevailing problems of housing and education.
  大众越来越意识到了住房与教育中存在着的主要问题。
• 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。
• He broke from prevailing orthodoxies and asked the awkward questions
  他抛开盛行的正统观念，问了一些难以回答的问题。
• In defiance of the prevailing political conditions, translation may embrace and introduce foreign political and ethical values.
  尽管有时与主流政治环境相悖，翻译仍然可以接受和引入异质的政治和民族价值观。