| 单词 | pervasive |
| 释义 | pervasive (once / 4617 pages) adj When something is pervasive, it's everywhere. Common things are pervasive — like greed and cheap perfume. Ever notice how certain trends seem to spread all over the place? When something — like a hairstyle — is super-common, it's pervasive. Pervasive things can't be escaped. Playing video games is pervasive among kids. Talking about the weather is pervasive among adults. Ideas, diseases, habits, and all sorts of things can be pervasive. If you're sick of seeing something because you're seeing it again and again, it must be pervasive. WORD FAMILYpervasive: pervasively, pervasiveness+/pervade: pervaded, pervades, pervading, pervasion, pervasive/pervasion: pervasions USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Trump said the episode demonstrates how pervasive hacking is, after numerous high-profile cyber attacks against the U.S. government and corporations. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) A recent C.I.A. report described Uzbekistan as being plagued by “pervasive corruption.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Valley displayed “astonishing indifference” to the “pervasive unlawful transportation of its workers,” the government says. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj spreading or spread throughout the pervasive odor of garlic an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion Syn permeant, permeating, permeative distributive serving to distribute or allot or disperse |
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