generalize

英 ['dʒenrəlaɪz] 美 ['dʒenrəlaɪz]

• v. 概括；归纳；使一般化

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 概括,归纳; 推论

   draw a general conclusion; make a general statement

2. vt. 推广,普及

   bring into general use

英英释义

Verb:

1. draw from specific cases for more general cases

2. speak or write in generalities

3. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use;

   "They popularized coffee in Washington State"
   "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
   

4. become systemic and spread throughout the body;

   "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It is dangerous to generalize about people.
   以偏概全地谈论人是危险的。
2. You cannot generalize about the effects of the drug from one or two cases.
   不能根据一两个病例就得出该药是否有效的结论。
3. It is difficult to generalize about job trends in the West.
   对西方的就业趋势做一个归纳概括并非易事。
4. Don't generalize a conclusion from a few examples.
   不要从几个事例中归纳出结论。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He generalizes too much.
   他讲得太笼统了。
2. Our history teacher is always generalizing; he never deals with anything in detail.
   我们的历史教师总爱概括地讲,从不详述任何史实。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They generalized the use of a new invention.
   他们推广一项新发明的应用。

S+～+that-clause

1. Do you know enough about today's youth to generalize that they are all selfish?
   你是否对今天的青年有足够的了解,从而得出他们都很自私的结论?

S+～+wh-clause

1. It is customary for the teacher to provide grammar notes to help the student generalize what he has learned.
   教师经常给学生提供语法注释,帮助他归纳所学到的东西。

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

generalize about (v.+prep.)

对…进行概述,概括 make a general statement concerning (a subject)
generalize about sth
It's impossible to generalize about children's books, as they are all different.

儿童读物五花八门,不可能一概而论。
Since I do not know the details,I can only generalize about the matter.

由于不了解详情,我对此事只能泛泛而谈。

generalize for (v.+prep.)

泛指 make a general reference; be used in a general sense
generalize for sth
When we use “ he ”, we generalize for both sex.

当我们用“he”时,我们泛指男女。

generalize from (v.+prep.)

从(一定实例中)归纳或推演出(某种规律或结论) form (a general principle) from (a limited number of examples)
generalize from sth
Darwin generalized from many facts to reach his idea about the origin of man.

达尔文对许多事实加以归纳,得出了他对于人类起源的观点。
It is unfair to generalize from these two accidents and say that all young people are bad drivers.

从这两起车祸中就得出结论,说所有的年轻人驾车都不行,那是不公平的。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• generalize ceaselessly 不停地归纳
• generalize endlessly 无尽地推广〔普及〕
• generalize swiftly 迅速地归纳

～+介词

• generalize about the matter 对此事泛泛而谈
• generalize for both sex 泛指男女
• generalize from particulars 从个别概括一般

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. generalize是由形容词general加后缀-ize构成的,其意思也由“一般的”变为“一般化,概括,归纳,推论”。可以表示“泛泛而谈,一概而论”,也可以表示“归纳起来,概括起来”。引申可表示“推广,普及”。
2. generalize可用作及物动词或不及物动词,用作及物动词时可接名词或从句作宾语。
3. generalize用作不及物动词时后接介词about表示“对…进行概述”; 后接介词for表示“泛指”; 后接介词from表示“从(一定实例中)归纳或推演出某种规律或结论”。
4. 在英式拼法中, generalize也可写作generalise。

近反义词

【近义词】

• simplify 简化
• oversimplify (使)过于简单化...
• make 做
• extend 延伸
• universalize 一般化
• broaden 变宽
• diversify 使多样化
• categorize 分类
• speculate 推测
• pigeonhole 鸽舍
• hypothesize 假设
• general 普遍的
• a 英语字母表的第一个字母...
• infer 推断
• popular 受欢迎的
• common 常见的
• in 在 ... 里
• speak 讲
• vague 不明确的
• imprecise 不精确的
• statement 陈述
• terms 条件
• sweeping 扫除
• generalities 名词generality...
• be 有
• think 认为
• draw 拖
• generality 一般性
• generalise 使一般化
• vulgarise <主英> = vulg...
• popularise 使大众化
• vulgarize 使通俗化
• popularize 普及
• extrapolate 推测

【反义词】

• specify 详细说明
• specialize 专攻