(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people (尤指讨厌的影响或身体感受)弥漫性的,渗透性的;遍布的,流行的 ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society. 年龄歧视在我们的社会中非常普遍而且根深蒂固。
派生 pervasively adverb pervasiveness noun 语源
mid 18th cent.: from Latin pervas- 'passed through' (from the verb pervadere) + -ive