单选题 Balancing the budget or reforming welfare has individual winners and losers. But when no trade association or advocacy coalition stands to win or lose, beliefs about what's best have a better chance to ______.
A. skip B. precede C. conspire D. prevail

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] D选项：prevail意为“说服，占优势”，如：Justice has prevailed；the guilty man has been punished．(正义得到伸张，罪犯受到惩罚。)
其他三项：skip略过，跳过；precede在……之前；conspire密谋。