universal adj.
釋義:existing everywhere or involving everyone
例句:The desire to look attractive is universal.
當(dāng)想表示某種情況非常普遍時(shí)玫鸟,我們可能會立刻想到 common,popular慢叨,prevalent膊毁,很多時(shí)候也可以用 universal免姿。
例① 我們常說“愛美之心,人皆有之”。
The desire to look attractive is universal.?
或者
It’s a universal trait to want people to find you attractive.?
例② 當(dāng)我們想表示“全民xx”這層意思時(shí)掏颊,就可以用到 universal趣效。比如“全民醫(yī)笔莅”就可以說成“universal health care”,“普世價(jià)值”可以是“universal values”跷敬⊙端剑《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》曾在一篇特別報(bào)道中評價(jià)美國是“the only large rich country without universal health care”。
例③ universal 的副詞形式 universally 也很常見西傀,當(dāng)想強(qiáng)調(diào)普遍程度時(shí)就可以用到它斤寇。比如《傲慢與偏見》中的經(jīng)典開篇第一段中就用到了“universally acknowledged”:
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.?
根據(jù)這段話我們也可以提取常見句型 It is a universal truth that…
例④ 比如《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中就出現(xiàn)過:?
It is a universal truth of human nature that a dollar tomorrow is worth less to us than a dollar today.
【作業(yè)】
1. 使用《牛津英語搭配詞典》查"universal " 了解常用搭配
become/remain universal 變得普遍,仍然普遍
truly universal 確實(shí)普遍的
by no means, far from 絕非尋常拥褂;完全不普遍? Some of the teachers are technical specialists, but this is far from universal.
almost, near, nearly, virtually 幾乎是普遍的娘锁; 接近共通;實(shí)際上通用
pretty universal 頗為普遍
apparently universal 顯然普遍
supposedly universal 一般認(rèn)為通用
among 在… 中普遍:These practices remain universal among the islanders.
in universal 在…方面普遍:a scheme that is universal in scope
2. 翻譯:中國的全民教育取得了巨大的進(jìn)步饺鹃。
China has mde great progress on universal access to education.
(參考翻譯:China has made remarkable progress toward/towards universal literacy. 或者 China has made giant strides in universal access to education.)
3.造句練習(xí)
場景: 在中國一二線城市莫秆,支付寶二維碼乘車支付越來越普遍间雀。
造句:? In tier 1 and 2 cities in China, Alipay offline QR code payment is becoming universal when people commute to work by public transportation in everyday life.