general
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)r(ə)l/
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ge - ne - ral -> general
(adj) အထွေအထွေ။ (n) ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး။
၁။ အများ။ အားလုံး။ နေရာတကာ။ အထွေထွေ။ a matter of general interest/ concern ❍ a general lowering of standards ❍The announcement met with general approval. ❍ Once quite rare, calculators are now in general use (ie used by most people). ❍ a general meeting/ strike ❍ The bad weather has been fairly general (ie has affected most areas).
၂။ ယေဘုယျ။ အကြမ်းဖျင်း။ There is still some weakness in the legs, but her general condition is good. ❍ The opening chapter gives a general overview of the subject. ❍ The building was in a general state of disrepair.
၃။ (က) အလုံးစုံ။ ထွေရာလေးပါး။ ဗဟု။ အထွေထွေ။ a general degree ❍ general knowledge ဗဟုသုတ/ sciences အထွေထွေ သိပ္ပံ / studies ❍ We deliberately kept the conversation/ discussion fairly general. (ခ) …ကြီး။ အချုပ်။ သာမန်။ ထွေရာလေးပါး။ အထွေထွေ။ a general hospital ❍ the general reader ❍ the Transport and General Workers' Union.
၄။ ယေဘုယျ။ အများ။ a general principle (ie one true of most cases) to which there may be several exceptions ❍ The general practice in such cases is to apply for a court order. ❍ As a general rule, the softer cheeses are less fattening.
၅။ အကြမ်းဖျင်း။ ယေဘုယျ။ speak/ write in general terms ❍ His description was too general to be of much use. ❍ My general impression was that it was quite good.
၆။ အကြီးအကဲ။ အချုပ်။ အထွေထွေ။ the Attorney/ Inspector/ Governor/ Secretary General ❍ the general manager. See also POSTMASTER GENERAL
n ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး။ a four-star general (ie in the US army) ❍ General Roberts.
❏ General Assembly n အထွေထွေညီလာခံ။
❏ General Certificate of Education n (abbr GCE ) (ရှေး) ဗြိတိသျှအလယ်တန်း ကျောင်းသားများအတွက် ကျင်းပလေ့ ရှိသော စာမေးပွဲများ။ Compare A LEVEL, O LEVEL
❏ General Certificate of Secondary Education n (abbr GCSE ) ၁၉၈၀-ပြည့်နှစ်နောက်ပိုင်းတွင် O level GCE နှင့် CSE စာမေးပွဲများနေရာတွင် အစားထိုးကျင်းပသော ဗြိတိသျှ အလယ်တန်းကျောင်း စာမေးပွဲများ။
❏ general election n အထွေထွေရွေးကောက်ပွဲ။ အထွေထွေ ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲ။ Compare BY- ELECTION
❏ general headquarters n [sing or pl v ] (abbr GHQ ) (စစ်)ဌာနချုပ်။
❏ generalist /'dʒenrǝlÇst / n အထွေထွေ ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ။ Compare SPECIALIST
❏ general practice n [U] (Brit ) အထွေထွေ ရောဂါကုသမှု။ ဆေးရုံပြင်ပကုသမှု။ be/ work in general practice.
❏ general practitioner n (abbr GP ) (Brit ) အထွေထွေ ရောဂါကုဆရာဝန်။
❏ the general public n (Gp) ပြည်သူလူထု။ အများပြည်သူ။ The general public was/ were not admitted.
❏ general-purpose adj လုပ်ငန်းစုံအတွက် အသုံးပြု၍ရသော။ a general-purpose farm vehicle.
❏ generalship /'dʒenrǝlʃÇp / n [U] တပ်ဦးဆောင်မှု ပညာ၊ စွမ်းရည်။ လူထုဦးဆောင်မှုပညာ၊ စွမ်းရည်။
❏ general staff ( often the general staff ) n (Gp) စစ်ဦးစီး(အရာရှိ)။
❏ in general [IDM ]
၁။ ယေဘုယျအားဖြင့်။ အများအား ဖြင့်။ In general her work has been very good.
၂။ အကြမ်းဖျင်းအားဖြင့်။ I'm interested in European history in general.
- Could you just give us a general description of the work you do?
- Her predictions are so general that they could apply to anybody.
- [in general terms] : We are prepared to discuss the deal in general terms, but the details are confidential.
- [general idea] : I’m probably not making myself very clear, but you get the general idea.
- There was general agreement at the meeting that the plan was too expensive.
- The fighting could escalate into a more general war.
- Family planning has now become general throughout society.
- It’s in the general interest that we should have a well-run health service.
- [as a general rule] : As a general rule, shorter sentences are easier to understand.
- I get the general impression that they aren’t very happy.
- He has this general attitude of superiority toward his colleagues.
- Your general physical condition seems remarkably good.
- A good general introduction to linguistics
- [the general reader/viewer] : Science programmes that are accessible to the general viewer
- [general contractor/insurer/labourer] : The building and plumbing work will be done by a general contractor.
- [general manager/secretary] : Peter Klimt is the new European general manager.
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