词汇 | ubiquity |
释义 | ubiquity noun[ U ] formaluk /juːˈbɪk.wə.ti/ us /juːˈbɪk.wə.t̬i/ the fact that something or someone seems to be everywhere: (人或物)无处不在,普遍存在 the ubiquity of fast-food outlets快餐店的无处不在 Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere across all over anyplace anywhere at every turnidiom coast every from top to bottomidiom from top to toeidiom hunt/search high and lowidiom length non-universal round someplace somewhere the length and breadth of somewhereidiom throughout turn ubiquitous ubiquitously Examples of ubiquityubiquity This future orientation is particularly clear in the virtual ubiquity of children in peace movement posters: they demand a peaceful future for the next generation. Recent developments in cognitive linguistics have highlighted the importance as well as the ubiquity of metaphor in language. If the ubiquity of ideology is taken as a starting-point of analysis, several conceptual questions arise concerning its status and specificity. The ubiquity of contemporary non-state policing raises important normative and policy issues about what attitude democracies should take to it. The ubiquity of high quality digital recording equipment enables virtually the entire community to be involved in document collection. One of the difficulties in delineating these lies in the very ubiquity of the body. The ubiquity of religion as an impulse hardly needs elaboration. The study highlights the ubiquity of the strategy of making comparisons with a ' downward ' reference group to enhance the perceived quality of life. Both the ubiquity and ritual commonality of religions across cultures indicate that religion is more than a mere by-product. Given the ubiquity and sophistication of computers, why waste time on the quest for something that is no more than a mere surrogate? The ubiquity of reunification fantasies serves as a reminder that young children are trying to make sense of their reorganized family. Obviously, the improbability of single causes and the ubiquity of interactions will make this a difficult, but not impossible, business. But perhaps the implications of the ubiquity of individual differences in general have not been sufficiently considered in their target article. Although preliminary at this point, the ubiquity of these findings is striking. The ubiquity of elliptic behavior is also observed. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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