单词 | general |
释义 | general (once / 12 pages) 1adjn 2nv If I ask you to give me a general sense of how a car works, I'm looking for you to describe the two or three main principals in a few minutes, not to open the hood, take apart your engine, and tell me everything you know. General comes from the French word générale, which means "common to all people," but we use it for more than just people. You might inquire about the general habits of schoolchildren, or the general temperature at night in the desert. And when someone's a general in the army or another organization, like the Surgeon General of the United States, for example, that means they oversee everything. So "general" is a high ranking, because generals are in charge of so many. WORD FAMILYgeneral: generalcy, generaled, generalise, generality, generalize, generalled, generalling, generally, generals, generalship+/generalcy: generalcies/generalisation: generalisations/generalise: generalisation, generalised, generalises, generalising, overgeneralise/generality: generalities/generalization: generalizations/generalize: generalization, generalized, generalizes, generalizing, overgeneralize/generalship: generalships/overgeneralize: overgeneralized, overgeneralizing USAGE EXAMPLESIt will also include very general instructions for committees in the House and Senate to write the actual bills repealing the law. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “We need to demonstrate clearly how this will help labor and the economy in general,” the mayor’s office wrote. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Its study, by general secretary Andrew Harrop, was based on recent election results and polling. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj applying to all or most members of a category or group the general public general assistance a general rule in general terms comprehensible to the general reader Syn|Ant comprehensive including all or everything indiscriminatenot marked by fine distinctions broad, unspecificnot detailed or specific all-purpose, general-purposenot limited in use or function genericapplicable to an entire class or group grosslacking fine distinctions or detail overallinvolving only main features pandemicexisting everywhere universalapplicable to or common to all members of a group or set widespreadwidely circulated or diffused imprecisenot precise unspecialised, unspecializednot specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function specific (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique ad hocfor or concerned with one specific purpose circumstantialfully detailed and specific about particulars limited, specialhaving a specific function or scope particular, peculiar, specialunique or specific to a person or thing or category particularseparate and distinct from others of the same group or category particularised, particularizeddirected toward a specific object properlimited to the thing specified unique(followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality precisesharply exact or accurate or delimited specialised, specializeddeveloped or designed for a special activity or function 2adj of worldwide scope or applicability Syn cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide comprehensive including all or everything 3adj prevailing among and common to the general public the general discontent Syn common having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual 4adj not specialized or limited to one class of things general studies general knowledge Syn undiversified not diversified 5adj somewhat indefinite bearing a general resemblance to the original a general description of the merchandise Syn imprecise not precise 6adj affecting the entire body a general anesthetic general symptoms Syn|Ant systemic affecting an entire system local affecting only a restricted part or area of the body localised, localizedconfined or restricted to a particular location topicalpertaining to the surface of a body part 7n a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) 2he discussed the general but neglected the particular Ant|Hyper particular, specific a fact about some part (as opposed to general) fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred 1n the head of a religious order or congregation Syn|Hyper superior general chief, head, top dog a person who is in charge 2n a general officer of the highest rank Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper full general Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) Alcibiadesancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC) Antigonus Cyclopsa general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC) Marcus AntoniusRoman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC) Benedict ArnoldUnited States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) BelisariusByzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians Belshazzar(Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC) El LibertadorVenezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) Omar Nelson BradleyUnited States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981) Braxton BraggConfederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876) Gentleman JohnnyBritish general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) Ambrose Everett BurnsideUnited States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881) Gaius Julius Caesarconqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) Chiang Chung-chengChinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975) First Duke of MarlboroughEnglish general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) Mark Wayne ClarkUnited States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984) Karl von ClausewitzPrussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831) Lucius DuBignon ClayUnited States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) Baron Clive of PlasseyBritish general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) First Marquess Cornwalliscommander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805) Oliver CromwellEnglish general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) Butcher CumberlandEnglish general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) George Armstrong CusterUnited States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) Moshe DayanIsraeli general and statesman (1915-1981) Charles Andre Joseph Marie de GaulleFrench general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) Demetrius Poliorcetesson of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC) James Harold DoolittleUnited States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere DowdingBritish marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Dwight David EisenhowerUnited States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) Prince Eugene of SavoyAustrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736) Gaius FlaminiusRoman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC) Francisco FrancoSpanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) Giuseppe GaribaldiItalian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882) Ulysses Simpson Grant18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) Leslie Richard GrovesUnited States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970) Hannibalgeneral who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC) Sir Arthur Travers HarrisBritish marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) Hasdrubalgeneral who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC) Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von HindenburgGerman field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934) Holofernes(Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith Fighting Joe HookerUnited States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) Samuel HoustonUnited States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863) Andrew Jackson7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845) Thomas Jonathan Jacksongeneral in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) Joseph Eggleston JohnstonConfederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891) Joseph ben MatthiasJewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) Robert Edward LeeAmerican general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) Lucius Licinius LucullusRoman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC) Lucius Licinius LuculusRoman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC) LysanderSpartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC) LysimachusMacedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC) Douglas MacArthurUnited States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964) George Catlett MarshallUnited States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) George Gordon MeadeUnited States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) MiltiadesAthenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489) William MitchellUnited States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) 1st Viscount Montgomery of AlameinEnglish general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976) Napoleon BonaparteFrench general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) Duc d'ElchingenFrench marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815) John Joseph PershingUnited States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948) George Edward PickettAmerican Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875) Gnaeus Pompeius MagnusRoman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) Colin luther PowellUnited States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Jean Baptiste Donatien de VimeurFrench general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) Antonio Lopez de Santa AnnaMexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876) Hermann Maurice Saxea French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus MajorRoman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) Winfield ScottUnited States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) Seleucus I NicatorMacedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC) William Tecumseh ShermanUnited States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891) Siraj-ud-daulaIndian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757) Joseph Warren StilwellUnited States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946) Lucius Cornelius Sulla FelixRoman general and dictator (138-78 BC) Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von WallensteinAustrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634) President Washington1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) Archibald Percival WavellBritish field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950) Mad Anthony WayneAmerican general during the American Revolution (1745-1796) First Duke of WellingtonBritish general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852) XenophonGreek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC) Georgi Konstantinovich ZhukovSoviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974) Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, von Blucher Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819) general officer officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel 3v command as a general We are generaled by an incompetent! Hyper command be in command of |
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