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Pervasive Things Pə'Veisiv Adj.普遍深入的 Common Greed Cheap Perfume

英语单词 pervasive
英美音标 [pə'veisiv]
中文释义 adj.普遍深入的
vocab简明 When something is pervasive, it's everywhere. Common things are pervasive — like greed and cheap perfume.
vocab扩展 Ever notice how certain trends seem to spread all over the place? When something — like a hairstyle — is super-common, it's pervasive. Pervasive things can't be escaped. Playing video games is pervasive among kids. Talking about the weather is pervasive among adults. Ideas, diseases, habits, and all sorts of things can be pervasive. If you're sick of seeing something because you're seeing it again and again, it must be pervasive.
真题原句 Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren't difficult to find.
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柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]遍布的;贯穿始终的;四处弥漫的 Something, especially something bad, that is pervasive is present or felt throughout a place or thing.
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  • ...the pervasive influence of the army in national life...

    在国民生活中军队的影响无处不在

  • She lives with a pervasive sense of guilt.

    她生活在深深的愧疚之中。

pervasiveness
  • ...the pervasiveness of computer technology.

    计算机技术的普及

来源 2004.4

Tags: 单词::2004, 单词::阅读词库

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