一日一词：环球大业UNIVERSAL

UNIVERSAL

1.   英英释义：existing everywhere or involving everyone

例句：The desire to look attractive is universal.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

我很都很熟悉“universe”是“宇宙”，其实它的形容词形式“universal”也是个常见并且实用的好词。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，其实在很多时候也可以用 universal。

比如我们常说“爱美之心，人皆有之”，就可以说成：The desire to look attractive is universal.或者It’s a universal trait to want people to find you attractive.

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”。

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… 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.

个人拓展：

释义：including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception,  especially available equitably to all members of a society 全民无一例外公正享有

搭配：universal truth/ appeal/ acceptance/ attraction

 /be of universal interest, meet with universal approval

背诵：

同义词：universal, common，popular，prevalent

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

Rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys.

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