Translation

• publicly known (to be)
• accepted (as)

Examples

• 他的技术是公认的。
  Everyone recognized his skill.
• 现在中国公认的标准旗袍的现代版本是首先在上海发展起来的。
  The modern version, which is now popularly recognized in China as the standard qipao, was first developed in Shanghai after 1900.