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词汇 generality
释义 generality
noun[ Cusually plural, U ]
uk /ˌdʒen.əˈræl.ə.ti/ us /ˌdʒen.əˈræl.ə.t̬i/

generalitynoun[C usually plural, U] (NO DETAILS)


an occasion when what someone says contains no details, and often very little meaning, or a statement of this type: 概括的表述;笼统的谈论;泛泛之谈
We need to get away from generalities and focus on the issues.我们不要再泛泛空谈,要把注意力放在议题上面。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Nonsense
a crock (of shit)idiom
babble
balderdash
balls
baloney
blah
blather
blither
double-talk
doublespeak
drivel
eyewash
flapdoodle
moonshine
mumbo jumbo
nonsense
nonsensical
nonsensically
prattle
rhubarb

generalitynoun[C usually plural, U] (MOST)


 the generality[ S ]formal
most: 大多数的,多半的
the generality ofThe generality of the people supports the government.大多数人支持政府。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Masses and large amounts of things
accumulation
any number of thingsidiom
armload
backlog
blood clot
flood
foam
inundation
lion
logjam
many
motherlode
pile
sight
stack
the lion's shareidiom
wave after/upon waveidiom
wedge
welter
wodge

generality | American Dictionary


generality
noun[ Cusually pl ]
us/ˌdʒen·əˈræl·ət̬·i/

generalitynoun[C usually pl] (COMMON)


a statement without details and sometimes without much meaning:
The candidate’s speech was full of generalities and never focused on the issues.

Examples of generality


generality
If generalities are alien to language, they are also alien to the doing of detailed justice.
There are two ways to approach this question, beginning either with contingent generalities about perception or with its essential structures.
Much of this research was critical, it sharpened and clarified the concepts and broke down the wide generalities of the earlier theories.
The purpose of this hierarchy is to capture semantic generalities between verbs such as what types of objects may fill the thematic cases.
Despite the labeling of this contextualizing as "ethnographic,"this section focuses on generalities about the production of political discourse.
On the other hand, it seems that such constitutive generalities are consistent with postmodern critiques of traditional epistemology.
No reference is given to recent sophisticated analyses of racism and intergroup conflict which have moved well beyond such bland and politically dubious generalities.
I long for the day when we abandon these value-laden generalities and get honest about the subjective nature of our work.
By approaching spiritual care in open generalities, patients formulate their own personal application.
Previous studies of tropical seed rain have yielded several generalities.
Although the number of studies is limited, some generalities can be drawn.
Despite these generalities, it is the way, rightly or wrongly, that government policy is created.
From the results obtained with the six devices certain common behaviour patterns emerged, and we shall here concern ourselves with the generalities derived from them.
While this tome provides an effective synthesis of the literature, it is sometimes hard to assimilate generalities resulting from the inclusion of all the data.
As one goes from generalities to specifics, that well-worn phrase, the devil is in the details, is applicable.
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