As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
In a late 1990s study of blue-collar employees at a General Motors plant (now closed) in Linden, N. J., the sociologist Ruth Milkman of City University of New York found that many line workers, in their off-hours, did home renovation and other skilled work.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
Does this suggest that a woman in a nation's top office translates to better lives for women in general?
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
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N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC
将军；（通常指陆军）上将
A general is a high-ranking officer in the armed forces, usually in the army.
例句
The General's visit to Sarajevo is part of preparations for the deployment of extra troops.
将军造访萨拉热窝是在为增加兵力部署做准备。
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ADJ-GRADED
全体的；总的；普遍的
If you talk about the general situation somewhere or talk about something in general terms, you are describing the situation as a whole rather than considering its details or exceptions.
例句
The figures represent a general decline in employment.
这些数字显示就业人数总体在下降。
...the general deterioration of English society.
英国社会的普遍堕落
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ADJ
一般性的；普通的
You use general to describe several items or activities when there are too many of them or when they are not important enough to mention separately.
例句
£2,500 for software is soon swallowed up in general costs...
用于软件方面的2,500英镑很快就被一般性费用耗光了。
His firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.
他的公司去年3月接管了公园的绿化和日常维护工作。
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ADJ-GRADED
广泛的；普遍的
You use general to describe something that involves or affects most people, or most people in a particular group.
例句
The project should raise general awareness about bullying.
这个项目将会提高民众对恃强凌弱行径的认识。
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ADJ
整体的；全面的
If you describe something as general, you mean that it is not restricted to any one thing or area.
例句
...a general ache radiating from the back of the neck.
从后颈部扩散到全身的疼痛
...a general sense of well-being.
总体上的幸福感
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ADJ
（企业）综合的，业务广泛的
A general business offers a variety of services or goods rather than just one particular kind.
例句
They ran the general store and the farm dairy.
他们经营着杂货店和农场的乳品店。
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ADJ
（常用于头衔中）首席的，总管的，级别最高的
General is used to describe a person's job, usually as part of their title, to indicate that they have complete responsibility for the administration of an organization or business.
例句
He joined Sanders Roe, moving on later to become General Manager.
他加入了桑德斯·罗公司，后来一路晋升至总经理。
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ADJ
（员工）普通的，非专业的，一般的
General workers do a variety of jobs which require no special skill or training.
例句
The farm employed a tractor driver and two general labourers.
农场雇用了一名拖拉机手和两名杂工。
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ADJ-GRADED
（对某方面的知识或兴趣）一般的，泛泛的
General is used to describe a person who has an average amount of knowledge or interest in a particular subject.
例句
This book is intended for the general reader rather than the student.
这本书面向一般读者而非学生。
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PHRASE
总的来说；总体上来看；大体上
You use in general to indicate that you are talking about something as a whole, rather than about part of it.
例句
I think we need to improve our educational system in general...
我认为有必要从整体上改进我们的教育体系。
She had a confused idea of life in general.
总的来说，她对生活非常困惑。
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PHRASE
（指某一群体的大多数）总的来说，总体上
You say in general to indicate that you are referring to most people or things in a particular group.
例句
People in general will support us...
总体而言，人们会支持我们的。
She enjoys a sterling reputation in law enforcement circles and among the community in general.
总的说来，她在执法界和老百姓当中口碑甚佳。
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PHRASE
通常；在多数情况下
You say in general to indicate that a statement is true in most cases.
例句
In general, it was the better-educated voters who voted Yes in the referendum.
通常是那些受教育程度较高的人在全民公决中投赞成票。