prevail

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• ① 获胜;克服<over, against>
  • We prevailed over the enemy in the battle.我们战胜敌人。
  • Evil cannot prevail against good.邪不胜正。
  • Justice will prevail.正义将获胜。

• ② 占优势;盛行,流行,普及<in, among>
  • When the great principle prevails, the world is a commonwealth.大道之行也,天下为公。
  • Fear prevailed in her mind.恐惧占据着她的心。
  • The tradition still prevails among them.那项传统依然在他们当中盛行。

• ③ 说服;劝导
  • He prevailed on his friends to go with him.他劝友人与他同行。
  • I was prevailed upon to accompany her.我被劝陪伴她。