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单词 universal
释义
universal
(jnɪvɜːʳsəl )
Word forms: universals
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2
Something that is universal relates to everyone in the world or everyone in a particular group or society.
The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for universal health care.
The desire to look attractive is universal.
universality (jnɪvɜːʳsælɪti ) uncountable noun
I have been amazed at the universality of our experiences, whatever our sex or age. [+ of]
Synonyms: comprehensiveness, generalization, generality, totality  
2. adjective B2
Something that is universal affects or relates to every part of the world or the universe.
...universal diseases.
3. countable noun
A universal is a principle that applies in all cases or a characteristic that is present in all members of a particular class.
There are no economic universals.
Collocations:
universal respect
It's hard to imagine any other manager commanding such universal respect and admiration - not only from his own team, but from the entire football community.
The Sun
As time went on - but obviously past her professional peak - she finally obtained universal respect.
Times, Sunday Times
Even fewer have lived to be 100 years old or have commanded such universal respect.
Times, Sunday Times
He enjoyed universal respect among his peers and was revered by those most critical of colleagues, his junior staff.
Times, Sunday Times
But this lawman gained universal respect after working his way to the top from the ranks as a uniformed bobby.
The Sun
universal value
Equality has to be a universal value, not a pick-and-mix one.
Times, Sunday Times
There are currently 878 sites deemed to have 'outstanding universal value'.
Times, Sunday Times
But if we reject the universal values that underpin them during this period of flux and uncertainty they are far from secure.
Times, Sunday Times
People will defend members of their group rather than subscribe to universal values.
The Times Literary Supplement
At school, cultural relativism got the upper hand over universal values.
Times, Sunday Times
virtually universal
Among music critics, acclaim for the album was virtually universal.
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Discrete pitches, rather than continuously variable pitches, are virtually universal, with exceptions including tumbling strains and indeterminate-pitch chants.
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More generally, talking animals and human/animal transformation are virtually universal in world folklore.
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Translations:
Chinese: 全世界的
Japanese: みなに共通する
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