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单词 ubiquitous
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Definition of ubiquitous in English:

ubiquitous

adjective juːˈbɪkwɪtəsjuˈbɪkwədəs
  • Present, appearing, or found everywhere.

    his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family
    cowboy hats are ubiquitous among the male singers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A certain degree of plasticity in physiological traits is ubiquitous among plants.
    • It's impossible not to be influenced by Leone because his work is ubiquitous.
    • We now have a ubiquitous personal and immediate substitute for present company.
    • It almost seems superfluous to name-check the ubiquitous brands in the Kellogg's stable.
    • I set off with my ubiquitous armed guards into the Hawlwadig district near the city's Bakara market.
    • Hoummos is one of those ubiquitous foods whose popularity has brought forward its own use-by date.
    • We saw the ubiquitous charity shops sprouting everywhere, which is the first sign of decline.
    • In five years how close will we be to ubiquitous or pervasive computing?
    • The electric guitar has become a ubiquitous presence in virtually all forms of popular music.
    • What had been neglected was the almost ubiquitous presence of radiation.
    • These days, the programme is so popular and so ubiquitous, that I just tend to keep quiet.
    • All the soldiers are heavily armed, most with the ubiquitous Kalashnikov.
    • In this way, the global ubiquitous computer is much more like a living organism than the Turing machine.
    • The retail brand is a ubiquitous feature of the retail landscape in North America.
    • I think we'll remember this war as the war of the ubiquitous video phone.
    • Its influence is so ubiquitous that it comes to dictate a lot of our conversations.
    • I take supplements to try and offset or negate the effects of the ubiquitous poisons in our food and environment.
    • Plasticity in expression of these Phases is a ubiquitous feature of the majority of CAM plants.
    • The number of this ubiquitous vehicle went down after the mopeds gained popularity.
    • It is an easy, ubiquitous option but one that appears to be losing some of its mass appeal.
    Synonyms
    omnipresent, ever-present, present everywhere, everywhere, all-over, all over the place, pervasive, all-pervasive, universal, worldwide, global
    rife, prevalent, predominant, very common, popular, extensive, wide-ranging, far-reaching, inescapable

Derivatives

  • ubiquitously

  • adverb
    • Colonel Sanders is ubiquitously American, but today's New Zealander, when asked what ‘KFC’ stands for, will intone ‘Kiwi For Chicken’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The troubling fact is that a successful, ubiquitously published and clearly-credited piece of design can quickly become an artifact to be lusted after by hungry practitioners.
      • Department stores and commercial chains hardly hold the Netherlands in thrall; you don't find many Netherlanders clamouring to spend their Saturday mornings trolley-piloting the ubiquitously cheap and vast Hema emporiums.
      • Yet while one conclusion is quoted ubiquitously, the remainder of his remarks remain relatively obscure.
      • The new agenda of obligatory social aims, reset by some self-declared avant-garde and not by societies themselves, is similar to the socialist one in the never-changing sense that it is to guarantee ubiquitously correct life.
      • The depressing thing was how ubiquitously mediocre things were.
  • ubiquitousness

  • noun juːˈbɪkwɪtəsnəsjuˈbɪkwədəsnəs
    • The typefaces which Mr Hong mentions, Zuzana Licko's Filosofia and Mrs Eaves, carry with them only a few years of history, but their ubiquitousness has perhaps resulted in their being branded as ‘trendy’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rather than ascribing desired ubiquitousness to relief from illness, they ascribe it to a process of ‘stimulus generalization.’
      • The first is that like so many conservatives, he is able to deflect criticism as alleged liberal media bias - an accusation that is belied by his very ubiquitousness in that media.
      • Gestures of grief, in their ubiquitousness, soon become overwhelming.
      • God remains invisible and inscrutable; but to be blind to His ubiquitousness and omnipotence, as Hashem learns, is the greatest of sins.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin ubiquitas (from Latin ubique 'everywhere', from ubi 'where') + -ous.

  • This was formed from Latin ubique meaning ‘everywhere’, from ubi ‘where’.

Rhymes

iniquitous
 
 

Definition of ubiquitous in US English:

ubiquitous

adjectivejuˈbɪkwədəsyo͞oˈbikwədəs
  • Present, appearing, or found everywhere.

    his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family
    cowboy hats are ubiquitous among the male singers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • All the soldiers are heavily armed, most with the ubiquitous Kalashnikov.
    • The electric guitar has become a ubiquitous presence in virtually all forms of popular music.
    • A certain degree of plasticity in physiological traits is ubiquitous among plants.
    • What had been neglected was the almost ubiquitous presence of radiation.
    • Plasticity in expression of these Phases is a ubiquitous feature of the majority of CAM plants.
    • Its influence is so ubiquitous that it comes to dictate a lot of our conversations.
    • I set off with my ubiquitous armed guards into the Hawlwadig district near the city's Bakara market.
    • Hoummos is one of those ubiquitous foods whose popularity has brought forward its own use-by date.
    • We saw the ubiquitous charity shops sprouting everywhere, which is the first sign of decline.
    • The number of this ubiquitous vehicle went down after the mopeds gained popularity.
    • It almost seems superfluous to name-check the ubiquitous brands in the Kellogg's stable.
    • In this way, the global ubiquitous computer is much more like a living organism than the Turing machine.
    • I think we'll remember this war as the war of the ubiquitous video phone.
    • The retail brand is a ubiquitous feature of the retail landscape in North America.
    • It is an easy, ubiquitous option but one that appears to be losing some of its mass appeal.
    • In five years how close will we be to ubiquitous or pervasive computing?
    • It's impossible not to be influenced by Leone because his work is ubiquitous.
    • We now have a ubiquitous personal and immediate substitute for present company.
    • I take supplements to try and offset or negate the effects of the ubiquitous poisons in our food and environment.
    • These days, the programme is so popular and so ubiquitous, that I just tend to keep quiet.
    Synonyms
    omnipresent, ever-present, present everywhere, everywhere, all-over, all over the place, pervasive, all-pervasive, universal, worldwide, global

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin ubiquitas (from Latin ubique ‘everywhere’, from ubi ‘where’) + -ous.

 
 
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