Matsumoto was tapping into a widespread belief in Japan that blood types correspond to various character traits.

日本人普遍认为血型与不同的性格特点有关。松本龙把失言归咎于血型正是利用了人们的这种心理。

But industry consensus had shifted in recent years to a widespread belief that the end of physical progress in shrinking the size modern semiconductors was imminent.

但是，近些年，业界共识已经发生变化，大家普遍认为，缩小现代半导体大小的进程的物理极限即将来临。

That the earth was flat was a widespread belief hundreds of years ago.

几百年前人们普遍相信地球是平的。

Years ago, only the worst cases of scleroderma were diagnosed, thus leading to the widespread belief that systemic scleroderma was always progressive and fatal.

以前，只有最严重的硬皮病患者得到诊断，这就导致了广泛的认识，系统性硬皮病是不断进展的并且是致命的。