音标:[priˈveild] ;
v. 获胜( prevail的过去式和过去分词 ); 盛行; 说服; ( 思想、观点等)被接受
imp. & p. p. of Prevail

prevail的用法和样例:

例句

用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. This old custom does not prevail now.这种旧风俗现在已经不流行了。
  2. Misty weather prevails in this part of the country.该国的这一地区天气多雾。
  3. Virtue will prevail against evil.美德定将战胜邪恶。
  4. I tried to prevail on him to stay.我曾试图说服他留下。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. This fashion still prevails.这种式样仍在流行。
  2. Justice has prevailed; the guilty man has been punished.正义得到伸张,罪犯受到惩罚。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
prevail against (v.+prep.)
    〈正〉打败,战胜; 压倒 defeat; be successful in opposingprevail against sb/sth

    The knights prevailed against their enemies.

    骑士们降服了敌人。

    We can't hope to prevail against such overwhelming odds.

    我们不能希望战胜这种势不可挡的力量。

prevail on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)
    〈正〉劝告,说服 persuade (sb) (to do sth)prevail on〔upon〕 sb to-v

    Can you prevail on him to go?

    你能说服他走吗?

    We prevailed on him to write a memoir.

    我们说服他写一篇传记。

    He tries to prevail upon me to give up smoking.

    他试图说服我戒烟。

    He was prevailed upon to deliver us a lecture.

    他被说服为我们作一次讲座。

    He is not easily prevailed on to give up smoking.

    说服他戒烟,谈何容易。

prevail over (v.+prep.)
    覆盖 cover (sth)

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • prevail dominantly绝对占优势
  • prevail easily很容易获胜
  • prevail finally〔ultimately〕最终获胜
  • prevail generally普遍流行
  • prevail normally正常流行
  • prevail unanimously毫无异议地获胜
  • prevail uniformly始终如一地流行
  • prevail universally普遍流行
~+介词
  • prevail against〔over〕胜过,克服,压倒
  • prevail against〔over〕 one's enemies战胜敌人
  • prevail against overwhelming odds在极不利的情况下取胜
  • prevail among在…中流行
  • prevail among the people人们中很流行
  • prevail among the tribes在部族中盛行
  • prevail in在…占上风
  • prevail on劝说,说服
  • prevail with劝说

经典引文

  • It..prevails against all cold Diseases of the Head, Brain, Nerves and Womb.

    出自:W. Salmon
  • In the end the moral law prevails over the law of the jungle.

    出自:A. G. Gardiner
  • On you go, jolly and optimistic that right will prevail.

    出自:D. Lessing
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