prevailing

adj.

1. 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。
2. （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

1. ADJ （风）盛行的，常年刮的
   The prevailing wind 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。

1. He broke from prevailing orthodoxies and asked the awkward questions
   他抛开盛行的正统观念，问了一些难以回答的问题。
2. 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。
3. The direction of the prevailing winds should be taken into account.
   应该将盛行风的方向考虑在内。
4. 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。
5. This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society
   这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。
6. She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.
   她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
7. Thrift has become the prevailing practice.
   节约成风。
8. He wore his hair in the prevailing fashion.
   他的头发梳的是当时盛行的发型。
9. Conformity to prevailing customs and usages.
   得体与流行的习俗和习惯相一致。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. This correlates to the "prevailing conditions" discussed above.
    与此相关的“通行条件”上面已在讨论。
15. 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。
16. Research of NLP technology and its application to a transformation system between prevailing mandarin braille and Chinese are introduced.
    介绍了中文现行盲文和汉字相互转换中自然语言处理技术的研究与应用。
17. The prevailing view shifted still further.
    普遍的看法有了进一层的转变。
18. Any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude.
    根据气候和纬度大概划分的地理带中的任何一个。
19. Both images challenge prevailing categories of gender.
    两类图像都挑战了当前的性别分类。
20. Excluded from the prevailing political system.
    被排除在当今的政治制度之外。
21. A greater public awareness exists about the prevailing problems of housing and education.
    大众越来越意识到了住房与教育中存在着的主要问题。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. Southwest and southern winds are prevailing in the growth season.
    生长季盛行西南风和南风。
28. 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。
29. Throughout history, Chinese philosophy has been molded to fit the prevailing schools of thought and circumstances in China.
    纵观历史，中国哲学已经成型，以适应当前的学校思想和我国的情况。
30. 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。

adj

1. most frequent or common
   1. prevailing winds

   Synonym:    prevalentpredominantdominantrife