universal是什么意思_universal怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings;"some form of religion seems to be a human universal"

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:

of worldwide scope or applicability;"an issue of cosmopolitan import"
"the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"
"universal experience"

applicable to or common to all members of a group or set;"the play opened to universal acclaim"
"rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"

adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations;"universal wrench"
"universal chuck"
"universal screwdriver"

中英词源

universal 通用的

来自拉丁语universum, 所有，全人类，全世界，uni-, 一，-verse, 转。即转为一体的，引申义通用的。

universal (adj.): late 14c., "pertaining to the whole of something specified; occurring everywhere," from Old French universel "general, universal" (12c.), from Latin universalis "of or belonging to all," from universus "all together, whole, entire" (see universe). In mechanics, a universal joint (1670s) is one which allows free movement in any direction. Universal product code is recorded from 1974.

词态变化

名词 universality;

权威造句

1. He was probably right to intuit that it was universal.: 他凭直觉认为它具有普遍性，也许他是正确的。

2. The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for universal health care.: 保险业提出了自己的全民医疗保健方案。

3. By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.: 到1920年，福克斯和环球已经声名显赫。

4. We communicated in a medley of foreign words and universal gestures.: 我们边说着外语，边打着通用的手势进行交流。

5. The universal bogey is AIDS.: 艾滋病是所有人唯恐避之不及的东西。

近反义词

general

international

worldwide

相似短语

universal meter 万用表

universal love 博爱

universal calibration 【化】普适标定

universal algebra 泛代数

universal amplification 通用放大

universal buoyage 统一浮标

universal compressor 万能调整器

universal computer 通用计算机

universal coupler 通用联轴节

universal fixture 万能工具台

单词分析

这些形容词均含有“普通的，普遍的”之意。
common多用于指物，侧重很常见，不稀奇。
ordinary用于物，指每天发生，十分平淡无奇；用于人，指无特别之处，很一般。
commonplace强调缺少新意。
general语气强于common，侧重大多如此，很少有例外情况。
usual指常见常闻和常做的事或举动，强调惯常性。
popular指适应大众爱好、需要，为大家所公认或接受。
universal与general同义，但语气较强，侧重对每个人或事物都适用，根本没有例外。

记忆方法

1、uni- + vers- + -al.
2、literally "turned into one". => all together. => the universe, the whole world, cosmos.
3、含义：of or belonging to all.

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