Generality
[dʒenə'rælɪtɪ] or [,dʒɛnə'ræləti]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability.
巴塞洛缪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
(n.) That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase.
(n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind.
希拉里校对
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Universality.[2]. Bulk, mass, greater part, main body, common run.
编辑:耶鲁
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Mass, bulk, body, majority
ANT:Section, minority, exception, Individuality
手打:玛莎
例句:
- Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The sharp female newly-born, and called La Guillotine, was hardly known to him, or to the generality of people, by name. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Mr Wegg did not say what organ, but spoke with a cheerful generality. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Now, the fact is, I am a very bad painter, but not much worse than the generality. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- The more severe government of France assesses upon each generality a certain sum, which the intendant must find as he can. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- An analogous interpretation applies to the generality and ultimateness of philosophy. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This fact alone, from its generality, seems to have shaken Professor Pictet in his belief in the immutability of species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Mr Inspector replied, with due generality and reticence, that it was always more likely that a man had done a bad thing than that he hadn't. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Sometimes we emerged upon a wider thoroughfare or came to a larger building than the generality, well lighted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It is a law of the widest generality, and every continent offers innumerable instances. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Its function of introducing connection into what is otherwise unconnected constitutes its generality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Let _our_ first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I can only state my conviction that it is a rule of high generality. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- In 1666, the generality of Montauban was assessed to the real or predial taille, according, it is said, to a very exact survey and valuation. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- We move amidst generalities and symbols . 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
手打:菲尔