Word · Frequency #12216
generalisation
概括；一般化
The formation of general concepts or ideas from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- 1.
The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
通过抽象共同属性从具体实例形成一般概念的过程
- 2.
Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
从具体事实归纳出一般原理的推理。
归纳推理；归纳；通过抽象共同属性从具体实例形成一般概念的过程；从具体事实归纳出一般原理的推理。；概括；普遍化
In use
It's a dangerous generalisation to assume all teenagers are lazy.
The scientist's generalisation from the data was later proven incorrect.
We must be careful not to make hasty generalisations about people from different cultures.
make a generalisation
It is unwise to make a generalisation based on only one example.
仅基于一个例子就做出概括是不明智的。
a generalisation about sth
She offered a generalisation about human behaviour that was not supported by evidence.
她提出了一种关于人类行为的概括，但没有证据支持。
a sweeping/broad generalisation
sweeping 或 broad 常与 generalisation 连用，表示过于宽泛的概括。
Connections
Collocations
- make a generalisation
- 做出概括
- It is dangerous to make a generalisation from a single example.仅凭一个例子就做出概括是危险的。
- sweeping generalisation
- 笼统的概括
- Her report was full of sweeping generalisations.她的报告充满了笼统的概括。
- hasty generalisation
- 草率的归纳
- That conclusion is a hasty generalisation based on limited data.那个结论是基于有限数据得出的草率归纳。
- broad generalisation
- 宽泛的概括
- The book makes broad generalisations about human behaviour.这本书对人类行为做出了宽泛的概括。
- generalisation from
- 从……得出的概括
- His theory is a generalisation from many observations.他的理论是从许多观察中得出的概括。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：由 general（一般的）+ -isation 构成，想象把很多个别例子归拢成一条普遍规律，就是‘一般化、归纳’，注意英式拼写是 -isation。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、scientific discourse、formal reports 该词通常用于学术或正式书面语，多见于论文、教材和正式报告中；日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
注意：复数形式为 generalisations，常用于学术或正式语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All the -isation words above rhyme with the target, sharing the stressed ending /zeɪʃən/; nation also rhymes with the final /eɪʃən/. Beware lookalikes ending in -ise/-ize, such as generalise /ˈdʒɛnərəlaɪz/, which sound different.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.