universal

adj.普遍的，一般的；通用的，万能的；全世界的；宇宙的

n.[逻辑学]全称命题；[哲学]一般概念；一般性

adj.

1. 普遍的；全体的；全世界的；共同的
   done by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group
   1. Such problems are a universal feature of old age.
      这类问题是老年人的通病。
   2. Agreement on this issue is almost universal.
      这个问题几乎取得全体一致的意见。
   3. universal suffrage (= the right of all the people in a country to vote)
      普选权
2. 普遍存在的；广泛适用的
   true or right at all times and in all places
   1. universal facts about human nature
      人性的普遍现象

adj. 普遍的；通用的；宇宙的；全世界的；全体的 n. 一般概念；普通性

名词复数形式:universals

universal 通用的

来自拉丁语universum, 所有，全人类，全世界，uni-, 一，-verse, 转。即转为一体的，引申义通用的。

1. The result has not met universal approbation.
   该结果尚未获得普遍认同。
2. The universal bogey is AIDS
   艾滋病是所有人唯恐避之不及的东西。
3. By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.
   到1920年，福克斯和环球已经声名显赫。
4. His action had been greeted with almost universal disapproval.
   他的行动几乎遭到了一致的反对。
5. He was probably right to intuit that it was universal.
   他凭直觉认为它具有普遍性，也许他是正确的。
6. We communicated in a medley of foreign words and universal gestures.
   我们边说着外语，边打着通用的手势进行交流。
7. Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness
   有几个作者都假设存在普遍意识。
8. He was an advocate of universal suffrage as a basis for social equality.
   他提倡普选权，认为这是社会公平的基础。
9. Perhaps it is the almost universal use of flavourings that makes it so hard to tell the products apart.
   或许是因为调料的使用几乎千篇一律才使得那些产品难以区分开。
10. It is an almost universal truth that the more we are promoted in a job, the less we actually exercise the skills we initially used to perform it.
    这几乎是一条普遍的真理：我们在某一工作中越往上晋升，实际运用那些当初在工作中经常实践的技能的机会就越少。
11. The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for universal health care
    保险业提出了自己的全民医疗保健方案。
12. The desire to look attractive is universal.
    爱美之心，人皆有之。
13. There are no economic universals.
    没有普遍适用的经济学原理。
14. Universal celebrations are held and the whole nation is in elation.
    普天同庆，万众欢腾。
15. Einstein's theory of relativity won for him universal esteem.
    爱因斯坦的相对论赢得了全世界对他的崇敬。
16. Japan is a member to the Universal Postal Union.
    日本是万国邮政联盟的成员（国）。
17. First of all we should make primary education universal.
    首先我们应普及初等教育。
18. No kidding, it's not easy to get a universal instrument these days.
    说真的，现在要买台万能仪可不容易。
19. This question must be brought up time and again in the hope of attracting universal attention.
    这个问题必须反复讲，以期引起各方面的重视。
20. Overpopulation is a universal problem.
    人口过剩是个世界性的问题。
21. His speech met with universal applause.
    他的演讲博得全场的喝彩。
22. He discerned the fact that his demon secret was abroad, universal.
    他领悟到，他那可怕的秘密已经不胫而走，众所周知了。
23. The diet is chosen under a franchise that is universal for citizens aged twenty-one and over.
    国会由年满二十一岁以上的公民普遍选举产生。
24. It's a universal truth.
    这是一个普遍的真理。
25. The universal client and the Web Services Gateway are described in the previous section.
    在先前的部分中描述了通用的客户端和Web服务网关。
26. In this installment we have described the concept of Universal Ports for an ESB.
    在这一期中，我们介绍了用于ESB的通用端口的概念。
27. This is because storing data in files is the universal way to store data in a system.
    这是因为将数据存储在文件中是在系统中存储数据的通用方法。
28. This is of universal application.
    这是普遍适用的。
29. This is based on the assumption that science is universal, objective and reliable.
    这是基于这样的假设：科学是普遍的，客观的和可信的。