不及物动词
1. （提议、原则、观点）占上风，占优势，获胜，被接受
If a proposal, principle, or opinion prevails, it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.
2. （情形、态度、风俗）盛行，流行，普遍
If a situation, attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time.
3. （在战斗、竞赛、争论中）获胜，取胜
If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins.
4. 劝服；说服
If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it.
1. use persuasion successfully
e.g. He prevailed upon her to visit his parents
2. prove superior
e.g. The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight
Synonym: triumph
3. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
e.g. Money reigns supreme here
Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
Synonym: predominatedominaterulereign
4. continue to exist
e.g. These stories die hard
The legend of Elvis endures
Synonym: persistdie hardrunendure
5. be valid, applicable, or true
e.g. This theory still holds