generality

英 [ˌdʒenəˈræləti]

美 [ˌdʒenəˈræləti]

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

复数：generalities　

GRE计算机

BNC.12232 / COCA.17375

牛津词典

noun

• 概述；概论；通则
  a statement that discusses general principles or issues rather than details or particular examples
  1. to speak in broad generalities
     泛泛地说
  2. As usual, he confined his comments to generalities.
     他和往常一样，只作了笼统的评论。
• 主体；大多数；大部分
  most of a group of people or things
  1. This view is held by the generality of leading scholars.
     大多数知名学者都持这种观点。
• 一般性；普遍性；笼统
  the quality of being general rather than detailed or exact
  1. An account of such generality is of little value.
     这种一般性描述没有什么价值。

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。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
• an idea or conclusion having general application
  1. he spoke in broad generalities
  Synonym:generalizationgeneralisation

双语例句

• I am sure you have thought a great deal more than the generality of servants think.
  我想，比起普通的仆人而言，你肯定要有想法多了。
• Component development is always a compromise between the performance and quality of the applications 'service requirements and the reusability and generality of their constituent components.
  组件开发始终是在应用程序的服务要求的性能和质量与其组成组件的可重用性和通用性之间进行折衷的一个过程。
• Indeed one of Whitehead's words is superfluous, since generality, in this sense, is abstractness.
  确实怀特黑德的话中有个词是多余的，既然有了“普遍性”，就无需说“抽象的”。
• An iterative algorithm is introduced to solve the problem of generality of the kinematics simulation system of robots.
  引入了迭代型算法来解决机器人运动学仿真系统的通用性问题。
• This generality of the communication framework the main benefit of WCF.
  这就是WCF做为通用的通讯架构的优点所在。
• 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。
• The generality of people are neither good nor bad, but somewhere in between.
  大多数人既不善也不恶，而是介于两者之间。
• The suitable anode profile can be obtained quickly through this optimization method, and this method has strong generality.
  采用该优化方法，可以快速得到所需的阳极轮廓，且通用性强。
• The generality of SOAP means that not all systems that make use of SOAP can communicate easily.
  SOAP的一般性意味着并非所有使用SOAP的系统都可以很容易地进行通信。
• The governmental culture and the corporate culture both have generality, and have individuality.
  摘要政府文化与企业文化既有共性，又有个性。