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general

'dʒenәrәlnoun, verb

A11,123rd most heard wordIn 129 of 2278 videos (6%)heard 203 timeslast on Oct 17, 2026

  1. n. a general officer of the highest rank
  2. n. the head of a religious order or congregation
  3. n. a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

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  1. 0:37That's almost half as many as my beloved General Hospital.这几乎是我最爱的《综合医院》的一半了。Rhett & Link's dads pop in with some sage words
  2. 19:38The way I would describe the Welsh accent in general is is very sing-song.我通常会把威尔士口音描述为非常抑扬顿挫。Learn Real British English With This Podcast - British Accents! | English Comprehensible Input B2
  3. 7:24I mean, you think about things like liquid biopsies, where people are taking blood and trying to see early signs of malignancies that are circulating in the blood stream, or even things like full body MRIs, which I think right now don't have the evidence to recommend to the general population.我的意思是,想想液体活检之类的技术,人们通过抽血试图寻找血液中循环的恶性肿瘤早期迹象,甚至像全身核磁共振成像(MRI)这样的技术,我认为目前还没有足够的证据推荐给普通大众。How Tech Will (and Won’t) Replace Your Doctor | TED Intersections
  4. 9:04The general idea is that in most cases, this white dwarf begins pulling matter off a companion star.总体思路是,在大多数情况下,这颗白矮星开始从伴星上剥离物质。4 Things We Can Learn From Explosions
  5. 1:42But fostering and really the world of rescue in general is not about us.但寄养,乃至整个救援世界,其实并不是关于我们自己的。Hospice Foster Dog Gets To Spend Her Final Days At Home | The Dodo

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