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prevailing的词源解释,prevailing来源

prevailing(adj.)

1590年代,“有力的”; 1680年代,“广泛接受,普遍存在”,是 prevail(v.)的现在分词形容词。相关词汇: Prevailingly

Prevalent and prevailing are sometimes the same, and in two senses, that of exceeding in strength, as the prevalent (or prevailing) opinion was against action, and that of existing widely, as scarlet fever is a prevalent (or prevailing) distemper. The habitual is more likely to be expressed by prevalent ; the present or actual, sometimes the temporary, by prevailing : as, the prevailing fashion. [Century Dictionary]
Prevalentprevailing 有时是相同的,有两种意义,一种是在力量上超越,如 prevalent(或 prevailing)的观点反对行动,另一种是广泛存在,如猩红热是一种 prevalent(或 prevailing)的疾病。习惯上更可能用 prevalent 来表达; 现在或实际上,有时是暂时的,用 prevailing 来表达:如,流行的时尚。[世纪词典]

该词起源时间:1590年代