One way to hold it: no one is left outside the circle. Draw the circle round everybody — every person in the world, or every member of one group — and whatever you are describing is true inside all of it. Turn that from people to situations and you get the other use: it holds everywhere, with no exceptions.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
universaladj/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩/
- 1
Of or pertaining to the universe.
- 2
Common to all members of a group or class.
- In Logic, the letter A is used as a symbol for the universal affirmative proposition in the general form "all x is y."
- I had been planning every day through these years toward a universal car.
- 3
Common to all society; worldwide, global.
- She achieved universal fame.
- [John] Dryden's univerſal genius, his firmly eſtablished reputation, and the glory his memory muſt always reflect upon the nation that gave him birth, make us ardently wiſh for a more accurate life of him than any which has hitherto appeared: […]
- 4
Unlimited; vast; infinite.
- Playwrights have recognized the usefulness of this archetype and used him in many dramatic contexts, for the Trickster's freedom from determination gives him a universal fascination.
- 5
Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.
- universal wrench
universalnoun/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩/
- 1
human-sciencesphilosophysciencesA characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
- When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
- We might also distinguish those expressions which are used to refer to individuals or particulars from those which are used to refer to what philosophers have called universals: e.g., to distinguish such expressions as "Everest" and "this chair" from "the number three", "the color red" and "drunkenness".
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