ubiquitous

Word family

u·biq·ui·tous /juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/ adjectiveadj formal

EVERYWHEREseeming to be everywhere – sometimes used humorously 似乎无处不在的〔有时为幽默用法〕

Coffee shops are ubiquitous these days.

如今好像到处都是咖啡馆。

a French film, starring the ubiquitous Gérard Depardieu

一部法国电影，由家喻户晓的热拉尔·德帕迪约主演

► see thesaurus at common

—ubiquitously adverbadv

—ubiquity noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

ubiquitous• Energy-and water-saving technologies are ubiquitous.• We hazard a guess that they're lurking in a shoebox or, worse still, the ubiquitous carrier bag!• At the shopping center, the ubiquitous closed-circuit camera may soon be smart enough to seek him out personally.• The most ubiquitous evidence was the piles of fly-tipped rubbish whenever we stopped to look for birds or flowers.• Envy, the thesis runs, is universal and ubiquitous in human beings.• The themes of dependence and danger are ubiquitous in Semai life and are intricately intertwined.• None of these flaws showed up in the Adam Smith neckties that were ubiquitous in the Reagan administration.• The low prices and generous portions account for the ubiquitous lines, which almost always extend out the door.• Plastic containers are ubiquitous nowadays.

Origin ubiquitous

(1800-1900) Latin ubique “everywhere”, from ubi “where”

u·biq·ui·tous adjectiveadj

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