generality

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ɪ.ti/    美 /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/|[ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]|/ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ti/|[ˌd͡ʒen.əˈɹæl.ə.ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being general. uncountable
  2. The population in general. uncountable
    — "You must not come to me," answered her listener, "for a defence of society; I have long since loathed its bitterness as much as I despise its baseness. You cannot know the miserably mean motives that actuate the generality; but the trifles so sought give their own narrowness to the mind."
  3. A generalization. countable
    — He was very vague, speaking only in generalities.

词形变化

generalities plural generalty alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
glittering generality glowing generality overgenerality without loss of generality

词源

From Middle English generalite, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French generalité (modern French généralité), from general + -ité; also influenced by Latin generālitās. By surface analysis, general + -ity.
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