generalizes , generalizing , generalized
If you generalize, you say something that seems to be true in most situations or for most people, but that may not be completely true in all cases.
Critics love to generalize, to formulate trends into which all new work must be fitted, however contradictory.
评论家喜欢概括,归纳出所有新作品都必须符合的趋势,不管它们是如何地不符。
'In my day, children were a lot better behaved.'—'It's not true, you're generalizing.'
在我们那个时候,孩子们比现在乖得多。” “不对吧,你只是一概而论。”
It is still possible to generalize about regional styles.
仍可对地区风格加以概括。 。
If you generalize something such as an idea, you apply it more widely than its original context, as if it was true in many other situations.
A child first labels the household pet cat as a 'cat' and then generalizes this label to other animals that look like it.
孩子先把家养的宠物猫称为“猫”,然后把其他看起来像猫的动物都称为“猫”。