Prevail on, Avail

Vocabulary 2015. 3. 1. 05:34
to get ​control or ​influence:
I am ​sure that ​common sense will prevail in the end.
(나는 상식이 언젠가는 통할 것이라고 확신한다.)
And did ​reason prevail over emotion?


      (이성이 감정을 압도했어?)


to be ​common among a ​group of ​people or ​area at aparticular time:
This ​attitude still prevails among the ​middle classes.
(이런 태도가 중산층에서 여전히 만연하다.)
A ​friendly atmosphere prevailed among ​members of theteam.
Our only ​hope is that ​justice will prevail.
Eventually ​common sense prevailed and he ​decided it wouldbe more ​sensible to be ​honest.
The Republicans are ​expected to prevail in next year'selection.
The British ​team had ​finally prevailed over the Russians.
In ​spite of ​injuries, ​our team prevailed and went on to ​win.
(부상에도 불구하고 우리 팀은 우세를 계속 유지해서 승리
다.)
They ​complained that ​corporate interests often prevailedover the ​needs of the individual.
 to ​win in an argument, ​court ​case, etc.:
prevail in sth 
If they prevail in the ​court ​case, they could receive up to
$10,000 each.
prevail on/upon sb
to persuade someone to do something that they do notwant to do:
They ​finally prevailed on him to ​hand in his ​resignation.
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use, ​purpose, ​advantage, or ​profit:
We ​tried to ​persuade her not to ​resign, but to no avail (= did not ​succeed).
My ​attempts to ​improve the ​situation were of little/no avail.
to use something for ​your own ​benefit:
Voters should avail themselves of all the ​tools available toget ​information about the ​candidates.
to make use of something:
Employees should ​avail themselves of the ​opportunity to
buy cheap shares in the ​company.


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