VERB
推廣；普及；擴大…的運用
If you generalize something such as an idea, you apply it more widely than its original context, as if it was true in many other situations.
例句
A child first labels the household pet cat as a 'cat' and then generalises this label to other animals that look like it.
孩子會先把家中的寵物貓稱為“貓”，然后將其他像貓的動物都稱為“貓”。