of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases 普遍的;万有的;影响全体的 universal adult suffrage. 成人普选权。 the incidents caused universal concern. 事件引起普遍关注。 ■(Logic)denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of all of a class (逻)全称的,总称的。 与particular相对 ■(Linguistics)denoting or relating to a grammatical rule, set of rules, or other linguistic feature that is found in all languages (语言学)普遍的;通用的 ■(of a tool or machine) adjustable to or appropriate for all requirements; not restricted to a single purpose or position (工具,机器)通用的;万能的
noun
a person or thing having universal effect, currency, or application, in particular 具有普遍行为模式的人(或事),特指 ■(Logic)a universal proposition (逻)全称命题 ■(Philosophy)a term or concept of general application (哲)一般;普遍,一般概念 ■(Philosophy)a nature or essence signified by a general term (哲)共相 ■(Linguistics)a universal grammatical rule or linguistic feature (语言学)普遍现象;通用规则
派生 universality noun 语源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin universalis, from universus (see universe)