"There is a pattern of widespread and systematic violations that the prevailing impunity allows for the continuation of those violations,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

God and humans lock in an eternal struggle, neither prevailing, yet both forever changed by their encounter with one another.

上帝与人类陷入一场永恒的战争，谁也不占上峰，但是他们相遇时却一直会引起改变。

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There would have been a prevailing sense, and Milton has to have been sensitive to this, that it was simply too late to write an epic of any kind on any subject.

这很明显，弥尔顿肯定意识到了这一点，这个时候写史诗，不管写什么主题，都已经太晚了。

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And that's the prevailing comment. The U.S.- the world - has never experienced a spill this enormous,this deep.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

So, if a bond was issued when interest rates were lower, they might have a 4% coupon when the prevailing rate is 6%.

所以，如果一只债券在利率很低的时候发行，在汇率为6%的的时候，它们可能有一个4%的票息。

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Hawkings agrees that there is an unmistakable and prevailing anti-incumbent mood in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Each year it's dramatized by the cycle of the seasons, And at a certain time of the year it seems that The forces of darkness and chaos are prevailing but each spring, Once again, cosmic order and life return.

每年这冲突都由季节的轮回戏剧性地体现出来，仿佛是每年都有一个时期,弥散着黑暗和混乱的势力，可是每当春天来临，宇庙的秩序又恢复了。

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The prevailing belief is that deterrent measures will lead to security for Israelis.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

"Despite the fact that the prevailing diplomatic winds these days blow in the direction of diplomacy alone, I believe with all my heart that diplomacy and sanctions are not mutually exclusive."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"It's because we have the prevailing wind at the moment coming from the north, pulling the material down towards Western Europe that we're seeing the impact on the travel of so many people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

In the spring and summer,he says, he would expect the prevailing winds in Western Europe to come from the West or Southwest - which would mean that the ash would be pushed towards the Arctic or Siberia.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

"It is not just a case of understanding the activity at the volcano itself, what we are also seeing the effect of at the moment are the prevailing weather conditions because we are in a northerly air stream at the moment and that is bringing the volcanic dust from Iceland down over the U.K.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15