universal adj.
释义：existing everywhere or involving everyone
例句：The desire to look attractive is universal.
当想表示某种情况非常普遍时，我们可能会立刻想到 common，popular，prevalent，很多时候也可以用 universal。
例① 我们常说“爱美之心，人皆有之”。
The desire to look attractive is universal.
或者
It’s a universal trait to want people to find you attractive.
例② 当我们想表示“全民xx”这层意思时，就可以用到 universal。比如“全民医保”就可以说成“universal health care”，“普世价值”可以是“universal values”。《经济学人》曾在一篇特别报道中评价美国是“the only large rich country without universal health care”。
例③ universal 的副词形式 universally 也很常见，当想强调普遍程度时就可以用到它。比如《傲慢与偏见》中的经典开篇第一段中就用到了“universally acknowledged”：
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
根据这段话我们也可以提取常见句型 It is a universal truth that…
例④ 比如《经济学人》中就出现过：
It is a universal truth of human nature that a dollar tomorrow is worth less to us than a dollar today.
【作业】
1. 使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查"universal " 了解常用搭配
become/remain universal 变得普遍，仍然普遍
truly universal 确实普遍的
by no means, far from 绝非寻常；完全不普遍 Some of the teachers are technical specialists, but this is far from universal.
almost, near, nearly, virtually 几乎是普遍的； 接近共通；实际上通用
pretty universal 颇为普遍
apparently universal 显然普遍
supposedly universal 一般认为通用
among 在… 中普遍:These practices remain universal among the islanders.
in universal 在…方面普遍:a scheme that is universal in scope
2. 翻译:中国的全民教育取得了巨大的进步。
China has mde great progress on universal access to education.
（参考翻译：China has made remarkable progress toward/towards universal literacy. 或者 China has made giant strides in universal access to education.）
3.造句练习
场景: 在中国一二线城市，支付宝二维码乘车支付越来越普遍。
造句: In tier 1 and 2 cities in China, Alipay offline QR code payment is becoming universal when people commute to work by public transportation in everyday life.
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