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单词 prevailing
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Definition of prevailing in English:

prevailing

adjective prɪˈveɪlɪŋprɪˈveɪlɪŋ
  • 1Existing at a particular time; current.

    the unfavourable prevailing economic conditions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An order to sell your shares at the prevailing market price.
    • Where your shopping dollar helps bring the prevailing retail wage in your town down to Wal-Mart level.
    • He discussed several issues regarding the prevailing state of affairs in our beloved country, Pakistan.
    • Genetically modified maize, the prevailing genetically modified plant cultivated in Bulgaria, is not on the list.
    • In the 17th Century, however, the prevailing direction of exchanges began to shift.
    • Mr McCarthy also attributed the increased demand to current economic situation prevailing in Zimbabwe.
    • Steve Trewhella There were a number of non-native, pelagic marine visitors to our coast during the prevailing autumn winds.
    • Second, the direction of dispersal could have been biased by prevailing oceanographic configurations.
    • The Muslim countries should play a pro-active role in diffusing the tension prevailing in the Gulf, said a participant.
    • Bukey's interpretation of Austria's annexation to Germany largely follows the prevailing view.
    • Balbridie is therefore a serious threat to the prevailing view of the Neolithic, in which nomadic gatherers practised just a little agriculture.
    • The visitors were giving an exhibition of how not to play with a prevailing storm.
    • Composers were encouraged to explore modes of expression compatible with the prevailing revolutionary mood.
    • Following the collapse of Reza Shah's dictatorship, with the new conditions prevailing, a large group of political prisoners were released.
    • However, they also participated in the passionate nationalism prevailing at the time.
    • The option's exercise price is usually the most recent prevailing market price at date of grant.
    • In the circumstances then prevailing, the respondent throughout behaved reasonably.
    • What we are pleased to call "prevailing business sentiment" is a complex hydra-headed beast.
    • There is nearly always good refuge to fish in any prevailing winds.
    • They were important ethnographic studies in the prevailing American tradition.
    1. 1.1 Having most appeal or influence; prevalent.
      the prevailing mood within Whitehall circles
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The other prevailing stereotype, that crack-using women are unfit mothers, was in a sense upheld by the women themselves.
      • Wilson, like Attlee, nailed his colours to the prevailing exchange rate.
      • By poking holes, lots of holes, in the prevailing theories of today.
      • In spite of prevailing opinion, the.32 S&amp[.;]W Long is not a toy.
      • It is obviously contrary to the prevailing mood throughout the country.
      • Her statement encapsulates the prevailing mood of optimism in this sprawling settlement.
      • Rather, the original decision is a more accurate reflection of the attitudes prevailing in senior government circles.
      • Certainly, the South's geographical advantages added to a prevailing sense of overconfidence that independence could be achieved easily.
      • Under the prevailing view, talented people can naturally expect greater income.
      • The prevailing view was that a survey should be conducted among the youth in the form of a questionnaire to establish what they wanted.
      • Now the prevailing opinion is that, with few exceptions, NFL teams are well-stocked at the most critical position on offense.
      • Despite the three ATRs, there is a prevailing feeling that justice has not been done.
      • Many of the major advances in the pulmonary circulation were led by mavericks, such as Forssman, Moser, and Petty, who pursued their passion against prevailing opinion.
      • Critical opinion of his work has undergone the vicissitudes of prevailing tastes in art.
      • Return might be the hideous height of his prevailing good intentions.
      • Open source software is often portrayed as a breakthrough in the free and open exchange of intellectual property, without precedent in the prevailing global capitalist mentality.
      • The prevailing culture is that you are not allowed to make a judgement.
      • The problem is that the prevailing global sentiment has been against the idea of killing any more whales.
      • Among the patrons in theater lobbies each summer, the prevailing accent is (accents are) American.
      • Reciprocity has been the prevailing view for most of the nation's history.

Derivatives

  • prevailingly

  • adverb
    • as submodifier fourteen years of prevailingly happy marriage
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Bausch is German in portraying a prevailingly grim, bleak view of the world, and of relations between the sexes.
      • In the same way she doesn't quite fit with the prevailingly cool Pop platform, Drexler's use of words in her visual art makes for an awkward, if strikingly effective, amalgam.
      • For many in our denomination, the Great Commission is used as a trump card, which they seek to play prevailingly over all other matters.
      • This reflects, in part, the prevailingly local character of the interdiction, pronounced by a mullah or self-imposed by a body of listeners.
      • If these are prevailingly formed to the side chain the CI becomes maximal.
 
 

Definition of prevailing in US English:

prevailing

adjectiveprɪˈveɪlɪŋpriˈvāliNG
  • 1Existing at a particular time; current.

    the unfavorable prevailing economic conditions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Following the collapse of Reza Shah's dictatorship, with the new conditions prevailing, a large group of political prisoners were released.
    • Mr McCarthy also attributed the increased demand to current economic situation prevailing in Zimbabwe.
    • What we are pleased to call "prevailing business sentiment" is a complex hydra-headed beast.
    • Genetically modified maize, the prevailing genetically modified plant cultivated in Bulgaria, is not on the list.
    • An order to sell your shares at the prevailing market price.
    • The Muslim countries should play a pro-active role in diffusing the tension prevailing in the Gulf, said a participant.
    • Composers were encouraged to explore modes of expression compatible with the prevailing revolutionary mood.
    • Steve Trewhella There were a number of non-native, pelagic marine visitors to our coast during the prevailing autumn winds.
    • The visitors were giving an exhibition of how not to play with a prevailing storm.
    • Bukey's interpretation of Austria's annexation to Germany largely follows the prevailing view.
    • In the 17th Century, however, the prevailing direction of exchanges began to shift.
    • Where your shopping dollar helps bring the prevailing retail wage in your town down to Wal-Mart level.
    • The option's exercise price is usually the most recent prevailing market price at date of grant.
    • There is nearly always good refuge to fish in any prevailing winds.
    • However, they also participated in the passionate nationalism prevailing at the time.
    • Second, the direction of dispersal could have been biased by prevailing oceanographic configurations.
    • Balbridie is therefore a serious threat to the prevailing view of the Neolithic, in which nomadic gatherers practised just a little agriculture.
    • He discussed several issues regarding the prevailing state of affairs in our beloved country, Pakistan.
    • They were important ethnographic studies in the prevailing American tradition.
    • In the circumstances then prevailing, the respondent throughout behaved reasonably.
    1. 1.1 Having most appeal or influence; prevalent.
      the prevailing mood is one of hope rather than expectation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reciprocity has been the prevailing view for most of the nation's history.
      • Certainly, the South's geographical advantages added to a prevailing sense of overconfidence that independence could be achieved easily.
      • Many of the major advances in the pulmonary circulation were led by mavericks, such as Forssman, Moser, and Petty, who pursued their passion against prevailing opinion.
      • Now the prevailing opinion is that, with few exceptions, NFL teams are well-stocked at the most critical position on offense.
      • The prevailing culture is that you are not allowed to make a judgement.
      • The other prevailing stereotype, that crack-using women are unfit mothers, was in a sense upheld by the women themselves.
      • Despite the three ATRs, there is a prevailing feeling that justice has not been done.
      • In spite of prevailing opinion, the.32 S&amp[.;]W Long is not a toy.
      • Rather, the original decision is a more accurate reflection of the attitudes prevailing in senior government circles.
      • Open source software is often portrayed as a breakthrough in the free and open exchange of intellectual property, without precedent in the prevailing global capitalist mentality.
      • Wilson, like Attlee, nailed his colours to the prevailing exchange rate.
      • The problem is that the prevailing global sentiment has been against the idea of killing any more whales.
      • Among the patrons in theater lobbies each summer, the prevailing accent is (accents are) American.
      • Return might be the hideous height of his prevailing good intentions.
      • The prevailing view was that a survey should be conducted among the youth in the form of a questionnaire to establish what they wanted.
      • It is obviously contrary to the prevailing mood throughout the country.
      • Critical opinion of his work has undergone the vicissitudes of prevailing tastes in art.
      • Under the prevailing view, talented people can naturally expect greater income.
      • Her statement encapsulates the prevailing mood of optimism in this sprawling settlement.
      • By poking holes, lots of holes, in the prevailing theories of today.
 
 
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