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单词 generically
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generically

/dʒɪˈnɛrɪkli /
adverb
1In a way that relates to a class or group of similar things; not specifically: what most writers generically refer to as ‘world music’...
  • He refers generically to alterations ordered by the military, then writes that the army did not censor his account of events or materially alter the book.
  • Set in a generically affluent suburb during October 1988, the film opens on a mountain road as dawn breaks.
  • The term "organic mineral" is commonly used to describe generically any of several forms of trace minerals available in the feed industry.
1.1As an unbranded name: Prozac, generically known as fluoxetine hydrochloride most shorts are made of a stretchy fabric generically called spandex...
  • In the days of yore, a soft drink would be generically labeled "root beer."
  • The drug, generically known as sibutramine, was supposed to be an anti-depressant, but patients who took it stayed depressed and lost weight.
  • People have generally not tried to control bentgrass and similar species with Roundup, known generically as glyphosate.
1.2 derogatory In a way which lacks imagination or individuality; predictably and unoriginally: generically nondescript musical numbers the characters were stiffly animated and generically designed...
  • Ever since the character with the penchant for third-person self-references came on the scene, they say the show has become less inventive and more generically cute.
  • The filmmaker has seemingly gone out of his way to paint the scenery as generically as possible.
  • I wish the commentators would tell us what we're seeing, but they are yapping generically about pageantry.
2 Biology With reference to genus: the group of aerobic bacteria generically designated as actinomycetes...
  • It is a moth with which they have long been generically grouped.
  • It has been suggested that these organisms be designated generically as <i>Arthrobacter</i>.
  • Its septal microstructure is not clear, and thus it cannot be definitely assigned generically.
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