| 单词 | prevalent |
| 释义 | prevalent (once / 1029 pages) adj Something prevalent is common in a particular place at a particular time. Prevalent things are hard to avoid. When you see the word prevalent, think "It's everywhere!" Have you ever noticed how all of a sudden a new word, band, or hairstyle will become super-popular? You may never have seen those things before, and then suddenly they're prevalent. When something is common, it's prevalent. You could say drug use is prevalent among criminals. You could say good study habits are prevalent among good students. If a certain opinion is common, then that's a prevalent view in society. WORD FAMILYprevalent: prevalently+/prevail: prevailed, prevailing, prevails, prevalence, prevalent/prevailing: prevailingly USAGE EXAMPLESOne of his other legacies was helping to create a coffee cup lid that may now be as prevalent as the Solo cup. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Only a few worked in cobalt mines, but the poll results showed how problems are prevalent no matter the mineral. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) "Greektowns",etc. which were so prevalent in the first half of the twentieth century. New York Times(Aug 20, 2016) adj most frequent or common Syn dominant, predominant, prevailing, rife frequent coming at short intervals or habitually |
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