| 单词 | universal |
| 释义 | uni·ver·sal I. 1. < universal human weakness — T.S.Eliot > < most of the twigs, pearled with water, were patterned very naked against universal gray — John Galsworthy > 2. a. < universal as the air — Samuel Rogers > b. < far from being infrequent, the crystalline state is almost universal among solids — K.K.Darrow > c. < a universal state, in the shape of the Roman Empire — A.J.Toynbee > 3. a. < petty gambling is nearly universal — W.C.Brownell > < feudalism was not so universal there … as in the north — H.O.Taylor > < universal cultural patterns > b. < a universal genius. He wrote … logic, rhetoric, poetics, physics, botany, zoology … — Frank Thilly > c. < interested in ideas of universal citizenship, in Esperanto and Ido and universal languages — H.G.Wells > 4. a. of a logical proposition b. c. < food is a universal need of living beings > < color is a universal attribute of visible objects > 5. < a universal partnership > — compare universal succession 6. < a universal gear cutter > — compare universal joint, universal motor, universal vise 7. Synonyms: < no other theory which has won universal acceptance — Laurence Binyon > < the universal favor with which the New Testament is outwardly received — H.D.Thoreau > < replaced a philosophy which was crude and raw and provincial by one which was, in comparison, catholic, civilized and universal — T.S.Eliot > cosmic is used to suggest matters pertinent to the whole universe as opposed to the earth, especially in suggestions of infinite vastness, distance, or force < sardonic phantoms, whose vision is cosmic, not terrestrial — J.L.Lowes > < the great cosmic rhythm of the spirit which sets the currents of life in motion — Laurence Binyon > ecumenical applies to situations involving people throughout the whole world or all people in groups or divisions as indicated, often in religious contexts < the incorporation of all the broken fragments of the former Iranic and Arabic societies into the wholly different structure of a Western World which has grown into an ecumenical “Great Society” — A.J.Toynbee > catholic may stress an attitude involved, as well as a fact, in including, comprehending, or appreciating of all or many peoples, places, or periods < he was a catholic nature lover. The tropics, the desert, the tundra, the glaciers and the prairies all found a place in his heart — D.C.Peattie > cosmopolitan may imply an understanding and appreciation of other lands, sections, nations, or cities coming about through personal experience in traveling or living elsewhere; it often contrasts with provincial < one of the most entertaining and most cosmopolitan of novelists. Born in Tuscany, he was educated in New England, England, Germany, and Italy, became interested in Sanskrit, edited a newspaper in India — Carl Van Doren > Synonyms: < a prehistoric and universal principle that the burden of defense should rest upon all able-bodied males — G.G.Coulton > < habits both universal among mankind and peculiar to individuals — F.H.Allport > generic applies to that which characterizes every individual in a category or group and may suggest further that what is designated may be thought of as a clear and certain classificatory criterion < erect pointed ears are generic among foxes > < natural that the preaching of men of all religious categories — except ranters — should have a generic likeness — Douglas Bush > general is used to refer to all, nearly all, or the great majority of a class, type, group, or number; it is less inclusive than universal and less precise in suggestion than generic < ethylene has come into general but not yet universal favor with surgeons — A.C.Morrison > < nightfall brings about a general upward movement of the animal species, each striving to attain its optimum illumination — W.H.Dowdeswell > common indicates frequency, applicability to a majority, usually without being an identifying or classifying attribute; it may suggest a certain participation, sharing, mutual relationship, tendency to group together < the common, the perpetually repeated mistake of judging the savage by the standard of European civilization — J.G.Frazer > < crowds … swept along by a common animating impulse — Laurence Binyon > II. 1. 2. a. (1) (2) (3) b. obsolete c. obsolete d. (1) < the institution of the family is a universal in human culture > (2) 3. < self-consciousness, wherein the universal, or self, is the organic total of the facts of consciousness — Josiah Royce > — compare concrete universal III. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。