generalize

1. V-I 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. 概括

Critics love to generalize, to formulate trends into which all new work must be fitted, however contradictory. 評論家喜歡概括，歸納出所有新作品都必須符合的趨勢，不管它們是如何地不符。

2. V-T 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. 普及

A child first labels the household pet cat as a "cat" and then generalizes this label to other animals that look like it. 孩子先把家養(yǎng)的寵物貓稱為“貓”，然后把這個稱呼擴(kuò)大到其他看起來像貓的動物。