universal

英 [ju?n?'v??s(?)l] 美['j?n?'v?sl]

反義詞

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

名詞:?universality;

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

universal 通用的

來自拉丁語universum, 所有，全人類，全世界，uni-, 一，-verse, 轉(zhuǎn)。即轉(zhuǎn)為一體的，引申義通用的。

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.

1. He was probably right to intuit that it was universal.: 他憑直覺認(rèn)為它具有普遍性，也許他是正確的。

2. 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。

3. By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.: 到1920年，福克斯和環(huán)球已經(jīng)聲名顯赫。

4. We communicated in a medley of foreign words and universal gestures.: 我們邊說著外語，邊打著通用的手勢進(jìn)行交流。