12.17 【每日一词】universal

universal adj.

释义:existing everywhere or involving everyone

例句:The desire to look attractive is universal.

当想表示某种情况非常普遍时,我们可能会立刻想到 common,popular,prevalent,很多时候也可以用 universal。

例① 我们常说“爱美之心,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 当我们想表示“全民xx”这层意思时,就可以用到 universal。比如“全民医保”就可以说成“universal health care”,“普世价值”可以是“universal values”。《经济学人》曾在一篇特别报道中评价美国是“the only large rich country without universal health care”。

例③ universal 的副词形式 universally 也很常见,当想强调普遍程度时就可以用到它。比如《傲慢与偏见》中的经典开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. 

根据这段话我们也可以提取常见句型 It is a universal truth that…

例④ 比如《经济学人》中就出现过: 

It is a universal truth of human nature that a dollar tomorrow is worth less to us than a dollar today.


【作业】

1. 使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查"universal " 了解常用搭配

become/remain universal 变得普遍,仍然普遍

truly universal 确实普遍的

by no means, far from 绝非寻常;完全不普遍  Some of the teachers are technical specialists, but this is far from universal.

almost, near, nearly, virtually 几乎是普遍的; 接近共通;实际上通用

pretty universal 颇为普遍

apparently universal 显然普遍

supposedly universal 一般认为通用

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. 翻译:中国的全民教育取得了巨大的进步。

China has mde great progress on universal access to education.

(参考翻译:China has made remarkable progress toward/towards universal literacy. 或者 China has made giant strides in universal access to education.)

3.造句练习

场景: 在中国一二线城市,支付宝二维码乘车支付越来越普遍。

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.

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