Word · Frequency #15274
generalising
归纳；概括
generalising is the present participle of generalise.
to draw a general conclusion from specific examples or cases
- 1.
v speak or write in generalities；v draw from specific cases for more general cases；v cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use；v become systemic and spread throughout the body
vi. (使)一般化；从...引出一般性结论
泛泛而谈；笼统地说；推广；普及；使大众化；（疾病）扩散；蔓延；vi. (使)一般化；从...引出一般性结论
In use
You can't generalise from just one opinion.
The report warns against generalising about young people from a single survey.
We cannot generalise these results to other countries.
generalise from sth to sth
用于表示根据具体事例得出普遍规律；常见于否定句或质疑语境，提醒推论缺乏依据。
You cannot generalise from one case to the whole group.
你不能从单一案例概括出整个群体的结论。
generalise about sb/sth
后接 about 表示“笼统地谈论/评价”；常带有批评以偏概全的语气。
It is unfair to generalise about a whole country from a few tourists.
根据少数游客就对整个国家一概而论是不公平的。
be generalised to sth
被动结构常表示研究结论或规律可应用于其他情境；若用主动语态，可以说 generalise sth to sth。
Connections
Collocations
- generalise from
- 从……中概括出；从……归纳出
- She tried to generalise from the results of one small experiment.她试图从一个小实验的结果中归纳出一般性结论。
- generalise about
- 对……一概而论；笼统地说
- Avoid generalising about people you have never met.避免对你从未见过的人一概而论。
- generalise to
- 推广到；引申到
- The findings may not generalise to other populations.这些发现可能无法推广到其他人群。
- generalise across
- 概括适用于；在……中普遍成立
- The theory generalises across many different situations.该理论在许多不同情境中都普遍成立。
- generalise the findings
- 概括研究结果；推广研究结论
- It is unwise to generalise the findings from such a small sample.把这么小的样本的研究结果加以概括是不明智的。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象general（一般的）加后缀-ise，把零散事例归成一般规律，即“归纳、概括”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：学术写作、日常对话、医学或科技文献 generalise 的语域取决于具体含义：作“归纳、概括”讲时多用于学术或正式语境；作“泛泛而谈”讲时在日常对话中也常见；作“推广、普及”或“扩散”讲时常出现在较正式或专业领域。整体上，正式场合更常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The listed -ise words all share the final spelling -ise and end in the sound /aɪz/; realise, organise, recognise and analyse all end in /laɪz/. None is a perfect rhyme with generalise (/ˈdʒenərəlaɪz/) because its stressed vowel is /e/ and theirs differ. Beware lookalikes: surprise (/səˈpraɪz/) has a stressed final /aɪz/, and general (/ˈdʒenərəl/) looks related but ends in /əl/.
Learn the forms together
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