linguistic universal
collocation语言共性
The linguist argued that word order is a linguistic universal.
这位语言学家认为，语序是一种语言共性。
共性；普遍特征
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共性；普遍特征
a characteristic or property that particular things share
Many researchers argue that the desire to protect one's children is a universal across human cultures.
许多研究者认为，保护子女的愿望是全人类文化中的一种共性。
特定事物共同具有的特征或属性。
A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
(语言学)所有语言中存在的语法规则(或其他语言特征)
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
(逻辑)对某一类所有成员断言某事的命题
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
特定文化或全人类共有的行为习惯或模式
a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
Linguists look for universals in grammar, but each language still has its own unique rules.
语言学家在语法中寻找语言共性，但每种语言仍有其独特的规则。
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Some philosophers treat the idea of justice as a universal, not as a local custom.
一些哲学家把正义观念视为一种普遍原则，而非地方习俗。
AI contextual example
some form of religion seems to be a human universal
某种形式的宗教似乎是人类的普遍现象
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语言共性
The linguist argued that word order is a linguistic universal.
这位语言学家认为，语序是一种语言共性。
文化共性
The concept of family is a cultural universal in many societies.
家庭的概念在许多社会是一种文化共性。
人类普遍特征
Smiling is widely regarded as a human universal.
微笑被广泛认为是一种人类普遍特征。
共相问题
The problem of universals has puzzled philosophers for centuries.
共相问题困扰了哲学家们几个世纪。
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universal 词中藏着 universe（宇宙），像宇宙一样包罗万物的共同点，就是“共性、普遍特征”。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、语言学教材、逻辑学讨论 该词作名词时通常用于学术或专业语境，日常口语较少见；在语言学中常指语言共性，在逻辑学中指全称命题。
真正与 universal /ˌjunəˈvɝsəl/ 押韵的词有 rehearsal /rɪˈhɝsəl/ 和 dispersal /dɪˈspɝsəl/，它们的重读元音及后面 /səl/ 一致。注意 personal /ˈpɝsənəl/、general /ˈdʒɛnərəl/、several /ˈsɛvərəl/、natural /ˈnætʃərəl/ 虽然都以 -al 结尾，但重音和结尾辅音不同，并不押韵。
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