每日一词66/12.17/universal

1. 释义：existing everywhere or involving everyone

2. 理解：universe“宇宙”的形容词universal 也是一个常用好词，当我们想表达某种情况非常普遍时，就可以用它，类似的词有common, popular,prevalent。

全民xx，全民医保"universal health care"; 普世价值"universal values"。

universal的副词形式universally也很常见，当我们强调普遍程度时就可以用到它。universally acknowledged（总所周知），可提炼出句型“It's a universal truth that…"

3. 应用：

1）《牛津英语搭配词典》中形容词universal 的常见搭配：

V.+universal :be/seem/become/remain/+

adv.+universal:truly/by no means/far from/almost/near/nearly/virtually/pretty/apparently/supposedly

prep.+universal: among/in+iniversal

2) 翻译：中国的全面教育取得了巨大进步。

China has made great progress in universal access to education.

3) 造句：

It is universal truth that experience is the mother of wisdom.