universal

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基本釋義

adj.
普遍(存在)的,全體的; 宇宙的,全世界的
n.
普遍原則,通用原理

詞性變化

實用例句

Such problems are a universal feature of old age.

這類問題是老年人的通病。

牛津詞典

Agreement on this issue is almost universal.

這個問題幾乎取得全體一致的意見。

牛津詞典

universal suffrage (= the right of all the people in a country to vote)

普選權(quán)

牛津詞典

universal facts about human nature

人性的普遍現(xiàn)象

牛津詞典

the universality of religious experience

宗教行為的普遍性

牛津詞典

The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for universal health care...

保險業(yè)提出了自己的全民醫(yī)療保健方案。

The desire to look attractive is universal.

愛美之心,人皆有之。

...universal diseases.

全球性的疾病

There are no economic universals.

沒有普遍適用的經(jīng)濟學(xué)原理。

Savants of Europe have found in his words the ring of universal truth.

歐洲專家發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的言詞包圍著宇宙真理.

期刊摘選

Secondly , it introduces universal lamp holder.

介紹一種通用型光源燈座.

期刊摘選

There is no universal prescription for discovering these simplifying patterns of nature.

對于怎樣才能發(fā)現(xiàn)自然界的這些簡化圖式,并沒有什么萬能的方法.

辭典例句

The old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed. ( William Faulkner ).

“沒有了古老而普遍的真理,任何故事都短暫并且注定要失敗的” ( 威廉·福克納 ).

期刊摘選

These habits are both universal among mankind and peculiar to individuals.

這些習(xí)慣在全人類中很普遍,而對個人來說又很獨特.

《簡明英漢詞典》

No kidding, it's not easy to get a universal instrument these days.

說真的, 現(xiàn)在要買臺萬能儀可不容易.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Einstein's theory of relativity won for him universal esteem.

愛因斯坦的相對論贏得了全世界對他的崇敬.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

His speech met with universal applause.

他的演講博得全場的喝彩.

《簡明英漢詞典》

It's a universal truth.

這是一個普遍真理.

《簡明英漢詞典》

First of all we should make primary education universal.

首先我們應(yīng)普及初等教育.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Her manner acquired her universal odium.

她的舉止遭到普遍的非議.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Universal celebrations are held and the whole nation is in elation.

普天同慶,萬眾歡騰.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Climate change is a universal problem.

氣候變化是個世界性的問題.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Japan is a member to the Universal Postal Union.

日本是萬國郵政聯(lián)盟的成員(國).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

When was universal suffrage introduced in your country?

貴國是什么時候?qū)嵭衅者x權(quán)的?

《簡明英漢詞典》

He was a universal genius.

他是一個多才多藝的天才.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

English is referred to as a universal language.

英語被稱為世界語言.

《簡明英漢詞典》

War causes universal misery.

戰(zhàn)爭引起普遍的苦難.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Education should be a universal right and not a privilege.

教育應(yīng)當是全民的權(quán)利而非某部分人特別享有的。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

Such problems are a universal feature of old age.

這類問題是老年人的通病。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

真題例句

Sugar, alcohol and tobacco, economist Adam Smith once wrote, are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which have become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are, therefore, extremely popular subjects of taxation.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

The intention to put a home-cooked meal on the table was pretty much universal.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Brent Ryan, who teaches urban design at MIT, says Songdo proves a universal principle.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Even if they could, Simpli Safe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn't be a universal magic formula for cracking it.

2016年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

It's expected to raise $410 million over the next five years, most of which will go toward funding a universal pre-kindergarten program for the city.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

Nations from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, with the goal of a universal and potentially legally-binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

In contrast to each of these ideas, Covey advocates that leaders need to understand universal principles of effectiveness, and he highlights how vital it is for leaders to first personally manage themselves if they are to enjoy any hope of outstanding success in their work environments.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Measles, which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the united states 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine.

2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraints.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language-acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterized the scientific enterprise.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lire age-specific and not governed by universals.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features.

出自-2012年考研翻譯原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions;

    "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"

Adjective
  • 1. of worldwide scope or applicability;

    "an issue of cosmopolitan import"

    "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley

    "universal experience"

同義詞辨析

common, ordinary, commonplace, general, usual, popular, universal

這些形容詞均含有"普通的,普遍的"之意。

  • common: 多用于指物,側(cè)重很常見,不稀奇。
  • ordinary: 用于物,指每天發(fā)生,十分平淡無奇;用于人,指無特別之處,很一般。
  • commonplace: 強調(diào)缺少新意。
  • general: 語氣強于common,側(cè)重大多如此,很少有例外情況。
  • usual: 指常見常聞和常做的事或舉動,強調(diào)慣常性。
  • popular: 指適應(yīng)大眾愛好、需要,為大家所公認或接受。
  • universal與general同義,但語氣較強,側(cè)重對每個人或事物都適用,根本沒有例外。

同義詞

反義詞

adj.全體的;完整的

individual

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