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　

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

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。

adj

most frequent or common
1. prevailing winds
Synonym:prevalentpredominantdominantrife

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。
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。
Southwest and southern winds are prevailing in the growth season.
生长季盛行西南风和南风。
He wore his hair in the prevailing fashion.
他的头发梳的是当时盛行的发型。
The prevailing conditions are varied; abetting the spirit of intensity and prosperity in Hong Kong and Kowloon.
目前的状况是多方面的，教唆的强度和繁荣的香港和九龙的精神。
She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.
她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
The prevailing orthodoxy on this delicate problem.
对这一个微妙问题的普遍流行的正统看法。
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。
I hope this book is not yet another restatement of the prevailing wisdom
我希望这本书不会又是重复一些流行的至理名言。
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。