请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 pervasive
释义

Definition of pervasive in English:

pervasive

adjective pəˈveɪsɪvpərˈveɪsɪv
  • (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

    ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cultures influence and pressure one another all the time, in pervasive and subtle ways.
    • Are they preparing for class or are they simply unknowing subscribers of this pervasive myth?
    • Nevertheless, their influence is pervasive within the history of science.
    • The code of gentility was far more pervasive and important than the influence of the group of self-styled gentry.
    • The joys of return and reunion with the homeland thus intermingle with a pervasive and insurmountable feeling of loss.
    • In contrast, peace is a fundamental aspect of the faith and is a very pervasive element in Islam.
    • It is crucial for governments and corporations to face the fact that this feeling is quite pervasive.
    • Modern day society is replete with situations that make chronic stress highly pervasive.
    • In this way they are constant and pervasive, endemic to the human condition.
    • One of the things that concerns me about the tone of the site is the kind of pervasive pessimism it contains.
    • The answer depends on how broad and pervasive you like your conspiracies to be.
    • Yet at the end of this period, as at the beginning, the influence of lordship in society was pervasive.
    • Crime is now more organised, more professional, more ruthless and more pervasive.
    • They include globalisation, the spread of the Internet and the pervasive power of money.
    • Knowledge networks have become pervasive because they can be simple to implement.
    • He exercised a pervasive influence on European drama by challenging the conventions of naturalism.
    • Kinship is one of the more important, pervasive and complex systems of culture.
    • This phenomenon is not just limited to a few companies, but is widespread and pervasive.
    • But it's the pervasive humour that wins through, thanks to a nicely crafted script.
    • It has become so pervasive that it influences how people write for the Web.
    Synonyms
    prevalent, penetrating, pervading, permeating, extensive, ubiquitous, omnipresent, present everywhere, rife, widespread, general, common, universal, pandemic, epidemic, endemic, inescapable, insidious
    immanent
    rare permeative, suffusive, permeant

Derivatives

  • pervasively

  • adverb pəˈveɪsɪvlipərˈveɪsɪvli
    • However, it's been used so pervasively by public figures and media pundits that I'm not sure anyone has a clear claim to this anymore.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Again, the problem lies not so much in the iniquity of believers, but more pervasively in the logical structure of the religions themselves.
      • And such a label, most of the time politically motivated, tends to be one that sticks permanently and is pervasively influential and powerfully contaminating.
      • Universities are deploying Linux - pervasively and aggressively.
      • The ‘customer,’ therefore, becomes a weighted set of characteristics that pervasively drive the company in all its internal matters.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin pervas- 'passed through' (from the verb pervadere) + -ive.

Rhymes

abrasive, evasive, invasive, persuasive
 
 

Definition of pervasive in US English:

pervasive

adjectivepərˈveɪsɪvpərˈvāsiv
  • (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

    ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Knowledge networks have become pervasive because they can be simple to implement.
    • He exercised a pervasive influence on European drama by challenging the conventions of naturalism.
    • But it's the pervasive humour that wins through, thanks to a nicely crafted script.
    • Nevertheless, their influence is pervasive within the history of science.
    • It has become so pervasive that it influences how people write for the Web.
    • It is crucial for governments and corporations to face the fact that this feeling is quite pervasive.
    • Modern day society is replete with situations that make chronic stress highly pervasive.
    • The joys of return and reunion with the homeland thus intermingle with a pervasive and insurmountable feeling of loss.
    • They include globalisation, the spread of the Internet and the pervasive power of money.
    • Yet at the end of this period, as at the beginning, the influence of lordship in society was pervasive.
    • Are they preparing for class or are they simply unknowing subscribers of this pervasive myth?
    • In this way they are constant and pervasive, endemic to the human condition.
    • In contrast, peace is a fundamental aspect of the faith and is a very pervasive element in Islam.
    • This phenomenon is not just limited to a few companies, but is widespread and pervasive.
    • Crime is now more organised, more professional, more ruthless and more pervasive.
    • The code of gentility was far more pervasive and important than the influence of the group of self-styled gentry.
    • Kinship is one of the more important, pervasive and complex systems of culture.
    • The answer depends on how broad and pervasive you like your conspiracies to be.
    • Cultures influence and pressure one another all the time, in pervasive and subtle ways.
    • One of the things that concerns me about the tone of the site is the kind of pervasive pessimism it contains.
    Synonyms
    prevalent, penetrating, pervading, permeating, extensive, ubiquitous, omnipresent, present everywhere, rife, widespread, general, common, universal, pandemic, epidemic, endemic, inescapable, insidious

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin pervas- ‘passed through’ (from the verb pervadere) + -ive.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 5:32:48