来自拉丁语universum, 所有，全人类，全世界，uni-, 一，-verse, 转。即转为一体的，引申义通用的。

1. He was probably right to intuit that it was universal.

他凭直觉认为它具有普遍性，也许他是正确的。

2. The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for universal health care.

保险业提出了自己的全民医疗保健方案。

3. By 1920, Fox and Universal were already names to conjure with.

到1920年，福克斯和环球已经声名显赫。

4. We communicated in a medley of foreign words and universal gestures.

我们边说着外语，边打着通用的手势进行交流。

5. The universal bogey is AIDS.

艾滋病是所有人唯恐避之不及的东西。