1、resign

辭職;辭去;放棄

A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.

一位醫院的管理人員辭職了，因為有人指責他為了得到這份工作而撒了謊。

Mr Robb resigned his position last month.

羅布先生上個月辭職了。

屈從;順從;安于;勉強接受

Pat and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat.

我和帕特在沒有船的情況下勉強又湊合了一個夏天。

He had resigned himself to watching the European Championships on television.

他只好將就著在電視上看歐洲錦標賽。

2、prevail

占上風，占優勢，獲勝，被接受

We hope that common sense would prevail.

我們希望情理會占上風。

Rick still believes that justice will prevail.

里克仍然相信正義會得以伸張。

盛行，流行，普遍

A similar situation prevails in America.

相似的情況在美國隨處可見。

the confusion which had prevailed at the time of the revolution.

在革命期間普遍存在的混亂

勸服；說服

We must, each of us, prevail upon our congressman to act.

我們每一個人都必須說服我們各自的國會議員采取行動。

Do you think she could be prevailed upon to do those things?

你覺得有可能說服她去做那些事情嗎？