universe
英 ['juːnɪvɜːs]
美 ['junɪvɝs]
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1、uni- + vers- + -e.
2、literally "turned into one". => all together. => the universe, the whole world, cosmos.
universe 宇宙来自拉丁语universum, 所有，全人类，全世界，uni-, 一，-verse, 转。即转为一体的，引申义宇宙。比较cosmos.
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- universe: [14] Universe denotes etymologically ‘turned into one’, hence ‘whole, indivisible’. It goes back ultimately to Latin ūniversus ‘whole, entire’, a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and versus, the past participle of vertere ‘turn’. Its neuter form, ūniversum, was used as a noun meaning the ‘whole world’ (based on the model of Greek to hólon ‘the whole’), and this passed into English via Old French univers. The Latin derivative ūniversālis gave English universal [14].
=> convert, version - universe (n.)
- 1580s, "the whole world, cosmos, the totality of existing things," from Old French univers (12c.), from Latin universum "all things, everybody, all people, the whole world," noun use of neuter of adjective universus "all together, all in one, whole, entire, relating to all," literally "turned into one," from unus "one" (see one) + versus, past participle of vertere "to turn" (see versus).
- 1. Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.
- 早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。
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- 2. Behind his eyes was a whole universe of pain.
- 他眼神中隐藏着无尽的痛楚。
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- 3. Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure.
- 人类对于宇宙的了解已经大为增加。
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- 4. The physical universe is finite in space and time.
- 物质世界在时间和空间上是有限的。
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- 5. The whole universe exists eternally in that one infinite being.
- 整个宇宙在无限的空间中永生。
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