generalizes

英 [ˈdʒenrəlaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈdʒenrəlaɪzɪz]

v.  概括; 归纳; 笼统地讲; 概括地谈论; 扩大…的运用; 将…类推到(较大的范围)
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柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 generalise


• VERB 概括；归纳；作出类推
  If yougeneralize, you say something that seems to be true in most situations or for most people, but that may not be completely true in all cases.
  1. 'In my day, children were a lot better behaved'. — 'It's not true, you're generalizing'...
     “我们那个时候，孩子们要比现在听话许多。”——“不一定，你只是在一概而论。”
  2. It's hard to generalize about Cole Porter because he wrote so many great songs that were so varied.
     科尔·波特写了这么多风格迥异的优美歌曲，要对他进行概括并不是件容易的事。
• VERB 推广；普及；扩大…的运用
  If yougeneralizesomething such as an idea, you apply it more widely than its original context, as if it was true in many other situations.
  1. A child first labels the household pet cat as a 'cat' and then generalises this label to other animals that look like it.
     孩子会先把家中的宠物猫称为“猫”，然后将其他像猫的动物都称为“猫”。

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