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单词 generalize
释义
generalizegen‧e‧ral‧ize (also generalise British English) /ˈdʒenərəlaɪz/ ●○○ verb Verb Table
VERB TABLE
generalize
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theygeneralize
he, she, itgeneralizes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theygeneralized
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave generalized
he, she, ithas generalized
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad generalized
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill generalize
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have generalized
Continuous Form
PresentIam generalizing
he, she, itis generalizing
you, we, theyare generalizing
PastI, he, she, itwas generalizing
you, we, theywere generalizing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been generalizing
he, she, ithas been generalizing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been generalizing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be generalizing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been generalizing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I know I shouldn't generalize, but I do think men find it hard to show their feelings.
  • Physicians are still debating whether to generalize the data on aspirin to women.
  • She's always quick to generalize and put people into categories.
  • The polls show that it is difficult to generalize about which issues were most important to voters.
  • The study group was very small, and it's hard to generalize from just a few cases.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Helmholtz generalized what others had suggested, or had established in one context.
  • Not to generalize, but men want everything and want to commit to nothing.
  • We can generalize from the example that we have studied.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto make something seem simpler than it really is
· There's a tendency in news reports to oversimplify complex issues to make the news more entertaining.· I know I'm oversimplifying, but these are the values on which I try to base my decisions.
an opinion or way of thinking about something that is simplistic treats difficult things in too simple a way: · a simplistic 'more is better' philosophybe simplistic to: · His critics say it may have been overly simplistic to use only two experimental methods. · It would be simplistic to suggest that the Bible promotes male domination.
also generalise British to say that something is true of all the people in a group simply because it is true of some of them: · I know I shouldn't generalize, but I do think men find it hard to show their feelings.generalize from: · The study group was very small, and it's hard to generalize from just a few cases.generalize about: · The polls show that it is difficult to generalize about which issues were most important to voters.
if someone sees things in black and white , they tend to judge people in a very simple way as being either completely bad or completely good, completely right or completely wrong etc: · My son sees life in black and white. To him, the world is full of greedy capitalists and underpaid workers.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· It is impossible to generalize about so complicated a subject.
NOUN
· Total elimination of seizures is often not a realistic goal in adults with partial or secondarily generalized seizures.· There are other kinds of generalized seizures that are basically inhibitory, like briefly turning off a switch.· It is also effective in primary generalized grand mal seizures.· The characteristics of generalized seizures are listed below and contrasted with events usually occurring in syncope. 1.· Rarely, focal, or generalized seizures 8.· This causes a generalized tonic-clonic seizure.· Phenobarbital is effective in partial seizures, partial seizures secondarily generalized, and primary generalized grand mal seizures.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoungeneralizationgeneralgeneralistgeneralityadjectivegeneralgeneralistgeneralizedverbgeneralizeadverbgenerally
1[intransitive] to form a general principle or opinion after considering only a small number of facts or examplesgeneralize from She has a tendency to generalize from her husband to all men.2[intransitive] to make a general statement about the whole of a group or thinggeneralize about It is difficult to generalise about the kind of people who come on these courses.3[transitive] formal to say that an idea, result etc is related to a larger group:  Can we generalise this principle?generalize something to something Can the research findings be generalized to a wider population?
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