大多數人如此
把鏡頭拉遠之後看到的是「人」：不是某幾個人這樣想，而是普遍如此。
by most people · r · B1
by most people, or to most people.
普遍地；大家都…
核心畫面
One way to hold it: standing back far enough that the details drop out of sight. From there you can only describe the shape of the whole — which is why the same word covers three things at once: looking at the whole rather than the parts, something true across most people, and something true most of the time. In every case the small exceptions are still down there; you have just back from them.
可以想成往後退到一個距離，細節就看不見了，只剩整體的輪廓。正因為站在這個位置，同一個字可以同時表示三件事：看整體而不…更多收起
可以想成往後退到一個距離，細節就看不見了，只剩整體的輪廓。正因為站在這個位置，同一個字可以同時表示三件事：看整體而不看細節、大多數人都如此、大多數時候都如此。三種用法裡，例外都還在下面，只是你退開了、不去逐一計較。From the picture
大多數時候如此
同樣的拉遠，這次看到的是「時間」：不是每一次，但多數時候都這樣。
usually · r · A2
most of the time, but not every time.
通常
Also in this word
on the whole · r · B1
when you look at the whole of something instead of the small parts or one special case.
大致上；整體來說
原始詞典資料5 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。
generallyadv/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹə.li/
- 1
Popularly or widely.
- It is generally known that the Earth is round.
- The action he inaugurated culminated in the law for the suppression of trampage, that has accomplished such good in the Granite State, and that has been so generally copied in other states.
- 2
As a rule; usually; typically; in most cases.
- I generally have a walk in the afternoon.
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
- 3
Without reference to specific details.
- Generally speaking …
- “There ain’t no drain of nothing short handy, is there?” said the Chicken, generally. “This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.” Captain Cuttle proffered a glass of rum […]
- 4
In the general case, without exception; in all cases.
- It is generally true that the angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees.
- 5
obsoleteCollectively; as a whole; without omissions.
- I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee.
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。