n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
vi. 流行,盛行;获胜,占优势;说服,劝说;
💡 pre预先+vail强壮→能够领先强壮者的获胜 → 胜,优胜
"Can all our efforts towards morality prevail over the forces of evil?"
我们为提倡伦理道德所做的努力能够战胜邪恶的力量 吗 ?
近义:overpower, overrule, predominate, preponderate, reign, dominate
反义:submit, surrender, yield, bow, cede, compromise