
好词典

源自拉丁语 'generalis'(普遍的)+ 后缀 '-ize',最早记录于18世纪,原意为「使具有普遍性」。
❶ 从具体事例中总结出普遍规律或结论,将特定情况扩展为普遍适用的原则。
“It's dangerous to generalize about all politicians based on one bad experience.”
(根据一次糟糕经历就对所有政客下普遍结论是危险的。)
“The study results can't be generalized to the entire population.”
(这项研究结果不能推广到全体人群。)
❶ 使某事物更广泛适用或更普遍化,去除特定限制条件。
“The software update generalized the compatibility across different devices.”
(软件更新使兼容性扩展到更多不同设备。)
“Mathematicians work to generalize specific theorems into broader frameworks.”
(数学家致力于将特定定理推广到更广泛的框架中。)
generalize from — 从特定情况推断普遍规律,常用于提醒避免过度推论。
“You can't generalize from such a small sample size.”
(你不能从这么小的样本量得出普遍结论。)
over-generalize — 过度概括,指不考虑例外情况就做出普遍断言。
“It's an over-generalization to say all teenagers are rebellious.”
(说所有青少年都叛逆是过度概括。)