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Pervasive describes something that exists in every part of a place, a group, or a situation — it has spread so far that you keep meeting it. books say “existing everywhere.” Though actually, speakers often mean “very widespread,” not truly in every single spot, and they often reach for it when they do not like the thing: a pervasive problem, a pervasive smell, pervasive . You can use it for a feeling or an idea as well as for something you can smell or see. It sounds formal and a bit serious.
普遍存在的、瀰漫的（常帶負面：問題、不公、氣味到處都是）
組成From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”). English then made an adjective with -ive.
同家族的字
- pervadethe verb this adjective comes from
- pervasivenessthe noun made from this adjective
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
pervasiveadj/pəˈveɪ.sɪv/
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Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
- The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.
- Mr Xi is also struggling with issues within his carefully-constructed power structure. The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。