popularly /ˈpɒpjʊləlɪ/

• 1. 

  ADV If something or someone is popularly known as something, most people call them that, although it is not their official name or title. 通俗地 [ADV with -ed]

  例：

  ...the Mesozoic era, more popularly known as the age of dinosaurs.

  …中生代，俗称恐龙时代。

  例：

  ...an infection popularly called mad cow disease.

  …俗称疯牛病的一种传染病。

• 2. 

  ADV If something is popularly believed or supposed to be the case, most people believe or suppose it to be the case, although it may not be true. 普遍地 (认为) [ADV -ed]

  例：

  Schizophrenia is not a "split mind" as is popularly believed.

  精神分裂症并不是普遍认为的“分裂了的精神”。

• 3. 

  ADV A popularly elected leader or government has been elected by a majority of the people in a country. 由广大人民选举的 [ADV -ed]

  例：

  Walesa was Poland's first popularly elected president.

  瓦文萨是波兰的第一位普选总统。