generality
generality 英 [ˌdʒenəˈræləti] 美 [ˌdʒɛnəˈrælɪti]
n. 概论；普遍性
名词复数:generalities
- If your mom says, "What have you been up to?" and you reply, "Ah, stuff," you have used a generality. It's the opposite of being specific, of saying, "Well, I shop lifted and picked my nose."
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- n. 概论；普遍性
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1. to speak in broad generalities
泛泛地说
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2. As usual, he confined his comments to generalities.
他和往常一样，只作了笼统的评论。
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3. This view is held by the generality of leading scholars.
大多数知名学者都持这种观点。
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4. An account of such generality is of little value.
这种一般性描述没有什么价值。
- generality (n.) late 14c., generalite, generalte, "universality, universal application;" c. 1400 "whole body of persons," from Old French generalité, generaute "sort, type; totality, entirety," from Late Latin generalitatem (nominative generalitas) "generality," from Latin generalis "relating to all" (see general (adj.)). Related: Generalities. Form generalty is attested from late 14c.
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