This word, now in universal use, dates from the 17th century.

这个现在普遍使用的单词起源于17世纪。

It had never become an object of universal use, simply because no one had discovered how to obtain it in sufficient quantities.

它从来没有成为普遍使用的对象， 仅仅是因为没有人发现如何获得足够数量的它。

Measles , which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine .

麻疹曾经每年导致 450 名儿童死亡， 致残人数更多， 但 14 年前， 由于普遍使用 MMR 疫苗， 麻疹在美国几乎被消灭。