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To prevail means to win in the end, especially after a long fight, competition, or difficulty — 'good prevailed over evil' means good finally won. It also means to be the belief, custom, or condition that is most common or strongest at a certain time, like 'the belief that prevailed at the time', meaning the idea most people held then.
獲勝；盛行、普遍
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
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prevailverb/pɹɪˈveɪl/
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To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- Sunny skies will prevail across the Northeast.
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To triumph; to be victorious.
- There are a number of SCPs and tales that look at potential apocalypses, but rarely with such totality as SCP-2935, a parallel dimension in which death prevailed.
- Zakharova also made light of Moore’s claims that Russia will not be able to regain momentum in the war after the MI6 chief said he was”optimistic”^([sic]) Ukraine would prevail against the Russian invasion.
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To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
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To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
- Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself.
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obsoleteTo avail.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。