| 单词 | generality |
| 释义 | generality (once / 2104 pages) n If your mom says, "What have you been up to?" and you reply, "Ah, stuff," you have used a generality. It's the opposite of being specific, of saying, "Well, I shop lifted and picked my nose." Politicians speak in generalities––they want to cut the deficit and keep taxes low, but they don't want to tell you exactly how they will do that. Generalities can also refer to conclusions we draw about the world: If you say people at baseball games like to eat hot dogs, you've used a generality. Maybe people at baseball games eat hot dogs because there's nothing else to buy. WORD FAMILYgenerality: generalities+/general: generalcy, generaled, generalise, generality, generalize, generalled, generalling, generally, generals, generalship/generalcy: generalcies/generalisation: generalisations/generalise: generalisation, generalised, generalises, generalising, overgeneralise/generalization: generalizations/generalize: generalization, generalized, generalizes, generalizing, overgeneralize/generalship: generalships/overgeneralize: overgeneralized, overgeneralizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe nominee will answer with generalities and evasions. The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016) But some generalities are likely to hold true. Washington Post(Nov 12, 2016) Can he turn those generalities into specific actions? Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) 1n the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability Ant|Hypo|Hyper particularity, specialness the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance commonality, commonness sharing of common attributes pervasivenessthe quality of filling or spreading throughout prevalencethe quality of prevailing generally; being widespread catholicity, universalitythe quality of being universal; existing everywhere totalitythe quality of being complete and indiscriminate solidaritya union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group currencygeneral acceptance or use quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 2n an idea or conclusion having general application he spoke in broad generalities Syn|Hypo|Hyper generalisation, generalization principle, rule a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct pillara fundamental principle or practice yangthe bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology yinthe dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology feng shuirules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furniture idea, thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about |
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