從少數推向全體
三個意思其實是同一個動作在不同場合的說法：都是「手上的範圍小，講出去的範圍大」。差別只在推的是想法、是對一群人的說法、還是研究結論的適用範圍。
over-generalize (few facts) · verb · C1
To form a general idea or opinion after looking at only a small number of facts or examples.
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A useful way to picture it: you have a few cases in your hand, and you stretch what they show you out over everything of that kind. You met three of them, and now you talk as if you knew all of them. The move itself is neutral — sometimes it is exactly how knowledge is built, sometimes it is exactly how prejudice is built.
你手上只有幾個例子，卻把從這幾個例子看到的東西「拉開、鋪滿」到整一類上去。你只認識三個，講起話來卻像認識全部。這個動…更多收起
你手上只有幾個例子，卻把從這幾個例子看到的東西「拉開、鋪滿」到整一類上去。你只認識三個，講起話來卻像認識全部。這個動作本身是中性的——把少數推廣到全體，正是科學和常識形成的方式，也正是偏見形成的方式；差別只在那幾個例子夠不夠、推得有沒有道理。所以 generalize 這個字常常帶著一點「你是不是推太快了」的味道，但它本身並不必然是錯的。One branch
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
generalizeverb/ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz/
- 1
To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
- 2
To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.
- 3
To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
- 4
To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
- A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。