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

The prevailing view shifted still further.
普遍的看法有了进一层的转变。
The new lagoon is placed closer to the town and in the path of the prevailing winds.
新的咸水湖被放置比较靠近的到城镇和在盛行很广风的路径中。
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。
Southwest and southern winds are prevailing in the growth season.
生长季盛行西南风和南风。
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。
He wore his hair in the prevailing fashion.
他的头发梳的是当时盛行的发型。
The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.
同化少数人群体逐渐接受盛行的文化的风俗和态度的过程。
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。
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。
Today, with humanism prevailing, the behavior of mankind has greatly destroyed this relationship.
在人本主义盛行的今天，人类的创造极大地破坏了人与自然的和谐。