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universal

adjective
 OPAL W
🔊/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl/
🔊/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsl/
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  1.  
    done by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group普遍的；全体的；全世界的；共同的
    • Such problems are a universal feature of old age.这类问题是老年人的通病。🔊🔊
    • Agreement on this issue is almost universal.这个问题几乎取得全体一致的意见。🔊🔊
    • universal suffrage (= the right of all the people in a country to vote)普选权
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    • There was universal disgust at what he had done.他的所作所为引起了普遍的厌恶。
    • The increase in crime has been a universal phenomenon.犯罪增加是普遍现象。
    • These practices remain universal among the islanders.这些依然是岛上居民惯常的做法。
    • The party wanted to introduce a universal healthcare system.该党想推行全民医疗保健制度。
    • A representative assembly is a near universal feature of modern democracies.代表大会几乎是现代民主的普遍特征。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • truly
    • by no means
    • far from
    • …
    preposition
    • among
    • in
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  2.  
    true or right at all times and in all places普遍存在的；广泛适用的
    • universal facts about human nature人性的普遍现象
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • truly
    • by no means
    • far from
    • …
    preposition
    • among
    • in
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin universalis, from universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere).