Prevail
& \/ V3 C! n3 f* q/ I用法：①If a proposal, principle ,or opinion prevails , it gains influence or is accepted, often after a struggle or argument.
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②If a situation , attitude, or custom prevails in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time.
& \5 X0 C( u/ X' s7 v例句：This attitude prevailed even as the number of urban dwellers increased and cities became an essential feature of the national landscape. Gradually, economic reality overcame ideology.(1998-10) # t( I' Y6 n: \" c
③If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails , it wins.
1 o: e- Q" X5 I" x% P④If you prevail upon someone to do something, you succeed in persuading them to do it. * r" v; m& C4 [; a0 x
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Presume
) q+ |, S& {+ E/ I, O( ?. c2 f2 H用法：①If you presume that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.
" V# s% J7 m# L- t% b* H$ z②If you say that someone presume to do something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.
* O# a5 w: U# a: N, u③If an idea, theory, or plan presumes certain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories. & c% s- G( \; D
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Proclaim , `1 f9 v% _4 k( x9 B2 M2 k
用法：①If people proclaim something, they formally make it known to the public.=declare
. q( Z; x: W( U, x; H& W4 S# M例句：Advocates of organic foods – a term whose meaning varies greatly – frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.（1995-08） - X6 A, O1 }0 T& ^1 R% F4 f) }
②If you proclaim something, you state it in an emphatic way.
r$ Y1 m- z" O% Q例句：Their distrust was caused, in part, by a national ideology that proclaimed farming the greatest occupation and rural living superior to urban living.（1998-10） |
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