C1a written or spoken statement in which you say or write that something is true all of the time when it is only true some of the time普遍化,归纳陈述,给出普遍性的论述
The report is full of errors and sweeping/broad generalizations.这份报告满是错误和以偏概全的泛论。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GENERALIZATION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤broad, gross, hasty, sweeping粗略的/籠統的/匆忙作出的/大致的概括➤abstract, vague抽象的/模糊的概括▸➤useful, valid有用的概括;有根據的推論VERB + GENERALIZATION➤make進行歸納PREPOSITION➤generalization about對於⋯的歸納◇The author makes several sweeping generalizations about the causes of the crisis.作者籠統地歸納了幾個導致這場危機的原因。