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

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。
Such realities challenge prevailing understandings of the way the world works.
这样的现实对有关世界运行方式的主流认识发出了挑战。
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。
Zhou Jielun's songs are prevailing among the young these years.
这几年周杰伦的歌曲在年轻人中特别流行。
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。
Thrift has become the prevailing practice.
节约成风。
Both images challenge prevailing categories of gender.
两类图像都挑战了当前的性别分类。
God seems to have doomed the bustling traffic and the prevailing environment.
似乎上帝已经注定了熙熙攘攘的车流和当时的环境。
It reflected the liberal attitudes prevailing in Britain at that time.
条约反映了当时英国公众普遍的开明态度。
The direction of the prevailing winds should be taken into account.
应该将盛行风的方向考虑在内。