Private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.

私人利益不得置于公众利益之上。

《牛津词典》

If the group faces excessive hunting, individuals that reach reproductive maturity earlier will come to predominate.

如果这个群体面临过度捕猎的问题，那么那些提早达到繁殖成熟的个体将占主导地位。

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For example, in some cultures, somatic symptoms predominate in the expression of the disorder, whereas in other cultures cognitive symptoms tend to predominate.

例如，在一些文化中，躯体症状在障碍表现中很突出，反之，在另外一些文化中，认知症状更为突出。

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So the sense that one actually is pretty adept in knowing is one that tends to predominate in the university.

因此在大学中，认为自己了解很多,这种心态颇为流行。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Against the backdrop of Marx's thought pervading - not just Russian life but beginning to pervade Russian government-- against this backdrop, the idea of struggle, as in class struggle, is going to predominate.

马克思的思想不但席卷,俄国普通百姓的生活，并且开始影响俄国政府-,在这样的背景下，人们认为阶级斗争是历史发展的主要推动力。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

They do, but they also have an allegiance to their families and to themselves, which, in Homer, tend to predominate,and yet there is a sense in which the conflict is very real.

确实是的,但是他们也忠于他们的家庭,以及他们自己,在荷马史诗中后二者占了主导地位,然而,在这之间的确有着真实的冲突

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

For most of the time since 1997, the first interpretation has appeared to predominate.

ECONOMIST: David Cameron

As Daniel Pipes observed in a recent issue of Commentary, we should heed the rejectionist rhetoric that continues to predominate in Palestinian Authority controlled areas.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 11 March 1998

They will be trying to work out whether, under Sir Menzies' leadership, a tax-raising or free market agenda is likely to predominate ... or if he moves the party to the Left or the Right.

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