generalities

英 [ˌdʒɛnəˈrælɪtiz]

美 [ˌdʒɛnəˈrælətiz]

n.  概述; 概论; 通则; 主体; 大多数; 大部分; 一般性; 普遍性; 笼统
generality的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 概括；概述；总述
  Ageneralityis a general statement that covers a range of things, rather than being concerned with specific instances.
  1. I'll start with some generalities and then examine a few specific examples...
     我首先进行概述，然后会分析几个实例。
  2. He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.
     他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。
• N-UNCOUNT 一般性；普遍性；笼统
  Thegeneralityof a statement or description is the fact that it is a general one, rather than a specific, detailed one.
  1. That there are problems with this kind of definition is hardly surprising, given its level of generality.
     由于其笼统性，不难料想这种定义会存在问题。
• QUANT 主体；大多数
  If someone refers tothe generality ofa group of people, they mean the majority of that group.
  1. When the generality of the electorate is doing badly, the mood will grow pessimistic.
     当多数选民都不予以支持时，情绪就会变得悲观起来。

双语例句

• After a few nervous generalities about the balmy mornings she began her story.
  就早晨清新宜人的天气紧张地寒暄过几句之后，她才开始了她的叙述。
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.
  他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。
• Don't give me generalities, like she couldn't learn.
  别给我打马虎眼，象她是不会有进步的。
• His reply to the question was just a string of bland generalities.
  他对这问题的回答只是一连串空洞无物的泛泛之谈。
• He didn't answer but went on talking generalities.
  他不作回答，只是继续泛泛而谈。
• If your time frame is too far off in the future, deadlines becomes generalities.
  如果你的时间表计划到了很久之后，那么完成限期也会变得很久远。
• We all know there's a lack of food in the world, but let's move on from generalities to the particular problems of feeding the people of this country.
  我们都知道全球都粮食短缺，但让我们从一般情况转到具体问题上来吧：怎样来喂饱这个国家的人民。
• His speech was superficial and full of generalities.
  他的发言内容浮泛。
• When we teach software engineering as a collection of generalities, students learn almost nothing about how to build real software.
  当我们把软件工程作为一种一般性概念的集合来讲授的时候，学生们就会对如何建造真正的软件感到一无所获。
• It was an innocuous remark; confined himself to innocuous generalities; unobjectionable behavior.
  那是一个无伤大雅的评注；以不得罪人的原则约束自己；无伤大雅的行为。