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Universal
The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.
你越具体,就越能触及更广泛的普遍真理。
I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union.
我宁愿建议设立一个类似于我们在万国邮政联盟中所设的局。
Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
对普遍的意识被称为构思,而我们所意识到的普遍被称为概念。
Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.
任何不能接受工人通过全民特许选举自己代表的工会都完蛋了。
Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing string beans is universal.
假设每个人都生活在同一时间,他们会说什么?他们会发现,串豆子是很普遍的。
The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.
道德景观是我用来思考普遍意义上的道德和人类价值问题的框架。
We are living at a time when creeds and ideologies vary and clash. But the gospel of human sympathy is universal and eternal.
我们生活在一个信仰和意识形态变化和冲突的时代。但是,人类同情的福音是普遍的、永恒的。
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.
所有人都同意,这是普遍的误解。因为,如果不幸的是,人们彼此理解,他们永远不会同意。
The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
钢琴是一种通用的乐器。如果你从那里开始,学习你的理论和如何阅读,你可以继续学习其他任何乐器。
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.
情人比任何逻辑学家或神学家都更了解绝对的善和普遍的美,除非神学家也是乔装打扮的情人。
That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longing are universal longing, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.
这就是文学之美。你发现你的渴望是普遍的渴望,你不孤独,不与世隔绝。你属于谁。
But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
但这是一个非常普遍的故事,问题是我不愿意回答这个问题,因为我不想让人们抓住一个特定的刻板印象。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Is the human race a universal constructor?
人类是万能的建设者吗?
Each of us comes from a different background, but those are pretty universal.
我们每个人都来自不同的背景,但这些都是非常普遍的。
There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.
甚至有许多小屋完全是用芦荟建造的。
I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.
我致力于全民健康覆盖和教育。
When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.
当我写作的时候,我从来没有真正思考过主题或普遍性。
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
温暖的微笑是善良的通用语言。