overgeneralize
/ˌəʊvəˈdʒenrəlaɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌəʊvərˈdʒenrəlaɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌō-vər-ˈje-nə-rə-ˌlīz -ˈjen-rə-/ (ame, mw)
overgeneralize — 動詞
- overgeneralizepresent simple I / you / we / they
- overgeneralizeshe / she / it
- overgeneralizedpast simple
- overgeneralizing-ing form
1. to treat something as true for every member of a group after seeing only a few e
過度概括
用太少例子做出太大範圍的結論
to treat something as true for every member of a group after seeing only a few examples, so the resulting claim ends up too wide to fit reality.
Paloma warned her students not to overgeneralize about a whole country after a two-week visit.
Paloma 提醒學生，不要只因為去了兩個星期，就對整個國家以偏概全。
overgeneralize about + noun group
Reporters often overgeneralize from a handful of interviews and miss the wider picture.
記者常常只憑幾次訪談就過度概括，因而錯失了更全面的樣貌。
overgeneralize from + small sample
It is easy to overgeneralize when you have only met two people from a city.
如果你只認識某個城市的兩個人，就很容易以偏概全。
Jabari realised he had overgeneralized about teenagers based on his own three cousins.
Jabari 發現，自己只是依據三個堂兄弟的情況，就對所有青少年過度概括了。
Good researchers avoid overgeneralizing when their study covers only one school.
優秀的研究者會避免在研究只涵蓋一所學校時就做出過度概括的結論。
- stereotype
stronger and more negative; carries the idea of a fixed social label, not just a hasty claim
- oversimplify
blurs detail rather than spreading a claim too widely; can apply to ideas as well as groups
- generalize
neutral parent verb — making a wider claim from particular cases; only becomes 'overgeneralize' when the move is unfair or unsupported
文法句型
overgeneralize about + noun
overgeneralize from + small set of cases
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person who is making a claim or judgement; object, if any, is the group or category being described. The verb almost always carries a negative tone — the speaker thinks the claim is unfair or wrong.