general term

基本解释

The purpose of this guideline is to avoid inappropriate use of a general term with a specific meaning.
这条指导原则的目的是避免不恰当使用具有特定意义的常规术语。
Generally, you can think of a classifier as a class, but technically a classifier is a more general term that refers to the other three types above as well.
通常地，你可以把分类器当做类，但在技术上，分类器是更为普遍的术语，它还是引用上面的其它三种类型为好。
Just as I might say a sentence that is nonsense, I might also use a name or a general term which is meaningless in the sense that it fails to hook up to the world.
正如我说的一句话可能是胡说，我同样可能使用一个毫无意义的名字或是一个一般术语，因为它不能和现实世界挂钩。

Yarn is a general term for long pieces of interlocked fibers.
We're seeing what they call systemic effects-- that's a very general term that goes beyond insurance.
我们现在看到了它的系统性作用,其影响远远超出了保险业自身
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And now the force, in its most general term / is q1q2 over 4 pi epsilon zero, which is the conversion factor r squared.
库仑力的最基本形式,就是，其中r是一个变量。
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You use that term and General Scales used that term as well.
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