pervasive

Definitions

per- (through) + vas- (the -s- form of vad, 'go') + -ive (tending to) = 'tending to go through everything.' A pervasive thing is found everywhere you look — a pervasive smell, pervasive corruption, the pervasive influence of social media.

Common Collocations

• 1.pervasive influence无处不在的影响
• 2.pervasive sense of普遍弥漫的……感
• 3.increasingly pervasive日益普遍
• 4.pervasive corruption普遍的腐败

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Smartphones have a pervasive influence on how teenagers communicate.

• 2.

  There was a pervasive sense of fear throughout the city.