general

英[ˈdʒenrəl]
美[ˈdʒenrəl]

基本释义

n.
将军
adj.
全体的; 一般的; 普通的; 大体的; 广泛的; 整体的; 首席的

词性变化

实用例句

general education

普通教育

牛津词典

a general hospital

综合医院

牛津词典

They fired in the general direction of the enemy.

他们向敌军所在的大致的方向开了枪。

牛津词典

This opinion is common among the general population (= ordinary people) .

这是人们普遍的看法。

牛津词典

I check the bookings to get a general idea of what activities to plan.

我核查预订情况以便对计划安排些什么活动有个大体的想法。

牛津词典

I know how it works in general terms .

我大致知道其中的运作原理。

牛津词典

They gave a general description of the man.

他们对这个男人作了大致的描述。

牛津词典

As a general rule (= usually) he did what he could to be helpful.

一般情况下他都尽力给予帮助。

牛津词典

The general opinion is that the conference was a success.

普遍认为这次会议是成功的。

牛津词典

the general belief/consensus

普遍的信念 / 共识

牛津词典

books of general interest (= of interest to most people)

普遍感兴趣的书籍

牛津词典

The bad weather has been fairly general (= has affected most areas) .

坏天气影响到的范围相当大。

牛津词典

There is one exception to this general principle.

这个一般性原则有一例外。

牛津词典

The General's visit to Sarajevo is part of preparations for the deployment of extra troops.

将军造访萨拉热窝是在为增加兵力部署做准备。

The figures represent a general decline in employment.

这些数字显示就业人数总体在下降。

...the general deterioration of English society.

英国社会的普遍堕落

£2,500 for software is soon swallowed up in general costs...

用于软件方面的2,500英镑很快就被一般性费用耗光了。

His firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.

他的公司去年3月接管了公园的绿化和日常维护工作。

The project should raise general awareness about bullying.

这个项目将会提高民众对恃强凌弱行径的认识。

...a general ache radiating from the back of the neck.

从后颈部扩散到全身的疼痛

...a general sense of well-being.

总体上的幸福感

They ran the general store and the farm dairy.

他们经营着杂货店和农场的乳品店。

He joined Sanders Roe, moving on later to become General Manager.

他加入了桑德斯·罗公司,后来一路晋升至总经理。

The farm employed a tractor driver and two general labourers.

农场雇用了一名拖拉机手和两名杂工。

This book is intended for the general reader rather than the student.

这本书面向一般读者而非学生。

I think we need to improve our educational system in general...

我认为有必要从整体上改进我们的教育体系。

She had a confused idea of life in general.

总的来说,她对生活非常困惑。

People in general will support us...

总体而言,人们会支持我们的。

She enjoys a sterling reputation in law enforcement circles and among the community in general.

总的说来,她在执法界和老百姓当中口碑甚佳。

In general, it was the better-educated voters who voted Yes in the referendum.

通常是那些受教育程度较高的人在全民公决中投赞成票。

真题例句

In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

A good rule of thumb is that as soon as generals and hospital administrators jump on a management bandwagon , it is time to ask questions.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

On the other hand, indicators of a person's accumulated knowledge—like performance on tests of vocabulary and general knowledge—kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

In general, Salthouse and his colleagues found, certain aspects of cognition generally started to decline in the late 20s to 30s.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

And what the Stoics say in general is simply this: There is a larger plan in life.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student’s sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

The Director General of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global crisis.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

The food industry has, in general, been firmly opposed to such direct government action.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Later, I developed a broader theory of what separates the two general classes of learners—helpless versus mastery-oriented.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save three billion dollars annually.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers before being introduced to the general public.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Legend tells of one general who flew musical kites over the enemy’s camp.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

It benefits the great majority of the general population.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The general principle is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to briefly stretch it in an opposite position.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

What is the general guideline the Rand researchers suggest about junk food control

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

In March, General Motors' chief executive was fired by Mr Obama for poor management.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

What does the author say is the general view about health care?

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

His profound insight about consumers' needs in general

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

"Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," the Attorney General said.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

For the past several decades, it seems there's been a general consensus on how to get ahead in America: Get a college education, find a reliable job, and buy your own home.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

In general, many lifestyle medicine physicians recommend a plant-based diet—particularly for people with diabetes or other inflammatory conditions.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

In general, the study found that undergraduates were almost as likely as old people to make this mistake and men as likely as women.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describe show the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of internet retailers.

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

That feeling echoes the beliefs of the Therapeutic Food Pantry program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, which completed its pilot phase and is about to expand on an ongoing basis to five clinic sites throughout the city.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

That means students are asked to use their individual experience to come up with answers to general questions.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The former head of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees heritage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, a Venetian who now serves as UNESCO' assistant director- general for culture.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The general consensus is that the best ones avoid mindless violence, and instead focus on strategy and challenge us to solve problems and achieve broad goals.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross- state road trips, and even set up on-demand fleets of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

You mean high school graduates can't do this task in general?

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student's sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

From other sources, we also know teenage crime, drug abuse and premarital sex are in general decline.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

General optimism and pessimism count.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

How did the general public view Kennedy's space exploration plan

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Does this suggest that a woman in a nation's top office translates to better lives for women in general?

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

In a late 1990s study of blue-collar employees at a General Motors plant (now closed) in Linden, N. J., the sociologist Ruth Milkman of City University of New York found that many line workers, in their off-hours, did home renovation and other skilled work.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical (不道德的)behavior in general.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Copyright laws differ from country to country, but in general protection extends for the duration of an author's life and for a substantial period afterwards, thus allowing the author's heirs to benefit.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Google claims its plan for the world's biggest online library is to serve the interest of the general public.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

to serve the interest of the general public.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

General Motors sells as many cars in China as in America each month

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The general public thinks differently from most economists on the impact of immigration.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

She stated that the money would come from the city's general budget.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

The city's general budget for the coming year

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Thanks, but in view of the general responses, you and I are definitely in the minority.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

"A comparison point is in the 1990s battles over encryption," said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog group.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

But after General mills bought Epic in 2016, Collins and Forrest suddenly had the resources they needed to expand their supply chain.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Good science journalists are specialists in making complex topics accessible to a general audience, while adhering to scientific accuracy.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

However, the importance of effective communication with a general audience is not limited to hot issues like climate change.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

In an 1801 drawing from his book, General Zoology Amphibia, George Shaw, an English botanist and zoologist, credited Merian for describing a frog in the account of her South American expedition, and named the young tree frog after her in his portrayal of

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

In general, the expert's gaze was calmer and more stable.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

In general, your attitudes will be internally consistent only when the behavior is easy, and when those around you hold similar beliefs.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

It reflected the fact that these decades saw a climb in general standards of living and avoidance of mass societal traumas like foil-scale war or economic deprivation.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Perhaps the most dramatic example of the negative consequences of poor communication between scientists and the public is the issue of climate change, where a variety of factors, not the least of which is a breakdown in the transmission of fundamental cli

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Space Policy Directive-3 lays out general guidelines for the United States to mitigate the effects of space debris and track and manage traffic in space.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

That means concentrating on the direction of your life in general and your own academic performance specifically.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The general topic I chose is aesthetics, but that's as far as I've got.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

This form of "self- governance" is possible within long-standing amateur organizations that, over time, arc able to build a sense of responsibility to community members, as well as society in general.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

And if you have your lecture notes or the article in hand, you and the professor will be able to examine specific points that are confusing to you, rather than just talking in a general way about the contents.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

By following the basic rules of respecting others, taking care of what belongs to you, and taking pride in the appearance of the neighborhood in general, you will quickly become a good neighbor that everyone appreciates.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

I think it is a general principle.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

In general, about 20% of parental involvement was positive, about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In general, keep an eye on their property while they are gone.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 选项

In general, the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news of crime and corruption, accidents and disasters, sports, social events, and human interest.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

In general, they can expect to live six or seven years more than men.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

In this article, you need to back up general statements with specific examples.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文

It's almost never good to start a meeting with general comments such as:"I didn't understand what you said about [main topic of the course] "or "I couldn't understand any of your lectures last week."

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

Many western companies have tried to imitate such asian ways of doing things, which are based on general agreement.

2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

People, in general, are less warm here and it's hard to make friends.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 听力 原文

The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The philosopher David Hume argued that because the general principles of taste are uniform in human nature, the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

The robot doesn't just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household.

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Therefore, while the division of categories holds in general, an individual's tendency may transfer any story from one kind of reading to another, or divide the experience between the two kinds of reward.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

They establish some general principles of art.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 选项

When your boss or professor sends you out to do man-on-the-street interviews for a story, think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 七选五 原文

To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

But most find it difficult to agree on what a "general education" should look like.

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But the epidemic is "moderate" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, with the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the absence of any medical treatment.

2010年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Female participation on corporate boards may not currently mirror the percentage of women in the general population, but so what?

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

So have science and general business reporters.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The number of adults doing weekly sport did rise, by nearly 2 million in the run-up to 2012—but the general population was growing faster.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a general officer of the highest rank

  • 2. the head of a religious order or congregation

  • 3. a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular);

    "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

Verb
  • 1. command as a general;

    "We are generaled by an incompetent!"

Adjective
  • 1. applying to all or most members of a category or group;

    "the general public"

    "general assistance"

    "a general rule"

    "in general terms"

    "comprehensible to the general reader"

  • 2. not specialized or limited to one class of things;

    "general studies"

    "general knowledge"

  • 3. of national scope;

    "a general election"

  • 4. prevailing among and common to the general public;

    "the general discontent"

  • 5. affecting the entire body;

    "a general anesthetic"

    "general symptoms"

  • 6. somewhat indefinite;

    "bearing a general resemblance to the original"

    "a general description of the merchandise"

  • 7. of worldwide scope or applicability;

    "an issue of cosmopolitan import"

    "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley

    "universal experience"

同义词辨析

common, ordinary, commonplace, general, usual, popular, universal

这些形容词均含有"普通的,普遍的"之意。

  • common: 多用于指物,侧重很常见,不稀奇。
  • ordinary: 用于物,指每天发生,十分平淡无奇;用于人,指无特别之处,很一般。
  • commonplace: 强调缺少新意。
  • general: 语气强于common,侧重大多如此,很少有例外情况。
  • usual: 指常见常闻和常做的事或举动,强调惯常性。
  • popular: 指适应大众爱好、需要,为大家所公认或接受。
  • universal与general同义,但语气较强,侧重对每个人或事物都适用,根本没有例外。