核心畫面

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.

可以想成畫一個圈,沒有人被留在圈外:世界上每一個人,或某個群體裡的每一個成員,你講的那件事對圈內全部成立。把圈子從「更多收起可以想成畫一個圈,沒有人被留在圈外:世界上每一個人,或某個群體裡的每一個成員,你講的那件事對圈內全部成立。把圈子從「人」換成「情況」,就是另一個用法——不管在哪一種場合都成立,沒有例外。

原始詞典資料6 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。

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".

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。