generalize

英 [ˈdʒenrəlaɪz]

美 [ˈdʒenrəlaɪz]

v.  概括; 归纳; 笼统地讲; 概括地谈论; 扩大…的运用; 将…类推到(较大的范围)

现在分词：generalizing　过去分词：generalized　第三人称单数：generalizes　过去式：generalized　

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牛津词典

verb

• 概括；归纳
  to use a particular set of facts or ideas in order to form an opinion that is considered valid for a different situation
  1. It would be foolish to generalize from a single example.
     仅从一个事例进行归纳的做法是愚蠢的。
• 笼统地讲；概括地谈论
  to make a general statement about sth and not look at the details
  1. It is dangerous to generalize about the poor.
     对穷人一概而论是危险的。
• 扩大…的运用；将…类推到（较大的范围）
  to apply a theory, idea, etc. to a wider group or situation than the original one
  1. These conclusions cannot be generalized to the whole country.
     这些结论不可能推及全国。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 generalise


• VERB 概括；归纳；作出类推
  If yougeneralize, you say something that seems to be true in most situations or for most people, but that may not be completely true in all cases.
  1. 'In my day, children were a lot better behaved'. — 'It's not true, you're generalizing'...
     “我们那个时候，孩子们要比现在听话许多。”——“不一定，你只是在一概而论。”
  2. It's hard to generalize about Cole Porter because he wrote so many great songs that were so varied.
     科尔·波特写了这么多风格迥异的优美歌曲，要对他进行概括并不是件容易的事。
• VERB 推广；普及；扩大…的运用
  If yougeneralizesomething such as an idea, you apply it more widely than its original context, as if it was true in many other situations.
  1. A child first labels the household pet cat as a 'cat' and then generalises this label to other animals that look like it.
     孩子会先把家中的宠物猫称为“猫”，然后将其他像猫的动物都称为“猫”。

英英释义

verb

• become systemic and spread throughout the body
  1. this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system
  Synonym:generalise
• cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public
  1. They popularized coffee in Washington State
  2. Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
  Synonym:popularizepopularisevulgarizevulgarisegeneralise
• draw from specific cases for more general cases
  Synonym:generaliseextrapolateinfer
• speak or write in generalities
  Synonym:generalise

双语例句

• In order to generalize relativity, it is necessary to think about observations in noninertial.
  为了推广相对论，有必要考虑在非惯性参照系中的观测。
• 'In my day, children were a lot better behaved'. — 'It's not true, you're generalizing'
  “我们那个时候，孩子们要比现在听话许多。”——“不一定，你只是在一概而论。”
• Not always, but don't let's generalize.
  不是总是吧，不要太概括了。
• They usually construct their personal grammars by themselves and generalize rules from the linguistic information they hear.
  孩子们通常自己构筑他们个人的语法体系，并从他们所听来的信息中概括出语言规则。
• In Chap. 6 we shall generalize the discussion and take up angular momentum.
  在第六章中我们将推广这一讨论，而且还将考虑角动量。
• These results generalize some known results in the literature.
  这些结果推广了文献中已有的结论。
• You can't generalize, I know, but it's quite important really.
  你不能进行概括，这我知道，但那确实是很重要的。
• It's hard to generalize about Cole Porter because he wrote so many great songs that were so varied.
  科尔·波特写了这么多风格迥异的优美歌曲，要对他进行概括并不是件容易的事。
• Generalize of speak: A piece of chip became one pedestal calculator.
  概括的讲：一块芯片就成了一台计算机。
• It's impossible to generalize about children's books, as they are all different.
  儿童读物五花八门，不可能一概而论。