1. 1無所不在、普遍存在(名詞,不可數,常說 the ubiquity of…)。

    'Ubiquity' is the noun that goes with 'ubiquitous': the fact or the state of being everywhere. You use it when you want to talk about the quality itself — 'the ubiquity of smartphones', 'the ubiquity of English in advertising'. It is uncountable, so you do not say 'a ubiquity' or 'ubiquities'; it takes 'the' most of the time, and it is almost always followed by 'of' plus the thing you mean. It is a formal word, at home in essays, journalism and business writing, and rare in conversation. Very often it carries a small judgement — a writer who mentions 'the ubiquity of plastic packaging' or 'the ubiquity of surveillance cameras' is usually about to say this is a problem, or at least something worth stopping to think about. It can also just mean plain or reach: 'the ubiquity of the network' is a selling point, not a complaint. The word began in religion, describing God as present everywhere, and that older, heavier feeling still sits under the modern everyday use.

組成From Medieval Latin ubiquitas, from Latin ubique 'everywhere' (ubi 'where' + -que 'each, ever'). The Latin ending -tas gives English -ty, the ending that names a quality (able → ability).

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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。

ubiquitynoun/juːˈbɪkwɪti/

  • 1

    The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.

    • Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.
    • It would be hard to exaggerate the ubiquity of the diminutive (-ito, -ita) in Latin American Spanish, which originates from the extreme reverence and indulgence accorded to the young.
  • 2

    sciencesAnything that is ubiquitous within a specified area.

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