prevailing
adj [attrib 作定语]
(a) most usual orwidespread 普遍的; 盛行的; 流行的
the prevailing customs,fashions, style, etc 流行的风俗、 式样、 款式等.
(b) (of a wind) that blows in an area most frequently (指风)某一区域里最常刮的
The prevailing wind here is from the south-west. 这里最常刮的风是西南风.
Don't tie it to that old branch. I think it'll break. Tie it to the one on the right.
别把它绑在那根老树枝上。我想它会断的。把它绑在右边的树枝上。
Their population has now increased to 435,000, and today they make up about 13% of the population.
不过现在他们的人口已增长到435,000人,如今他们已占全国人口的13%。
I have got some wonderful news to tell you. I have been offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further education. One hundred and twenty-five students took exams for it, and I was one of the five to be chosen. However, my parents are tr