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单词 catch-all
释义
catch-all
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkætʃ.ɔːl/us
/ˈkætʃ.ɑːl/
generalandintendedtoincludeeverything:
宽泛的；包罗万象的；面面俱到的
"SouthLondon" is a catch-allphrase/termforanywheresouthof theriver.“伦敦南部”是个很宽泛的名称，适用于河以南的任何地方。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complete and whole
  • (all) in one pieceidiom
  • A, a
  • absolute
  • all or nothingidiom
  • all-in-one
  • all-inclusive
  • fell
  • full-blown
  • full-fledged
  • full-length
  • fully
  • fully fledged
  • plain
  • root
  • thoroughly
  • to the lastidiom
  • totality
  • toto
  • unabridged
  • unadulterated
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catch-all
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkætʃ.ɔːl/us
/ˈkætʃ.ɑːl/
a verygeneraldescription
笼统的描述；概况介绍
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Summaries and summarizing
  • abridgment
  • abstract
  • biodata
  • curriculum vitae
  • CV
  • gist
  • handout
  • in shortidiom
  • nutshell
  • recap
  • resume
  • shorthand
  • shorthand forsomethingidiom
  • story
  • sum(something/someone)up
  • summarization
  • the long and the short of itidiom
  • TLDR
  • to cut a long story shortidiom
  • trot
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(Definition ofcatch-allfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcatch-all

catch-all
It has three disjoint sorts: action for actions, situation for situations and acatch-allsort object for everything else depending on the domain of application.
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Certainly syphilis appears to have been something of acatch-alldisease.
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Culture appears to be acatch-allterm to explain all unmeasured differences among people with different ways of life and different belief systems.
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Transnationalism is in danger of becoming acatch-allconcept, with almost as many meanings as there are instances of it.
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Rexism was a haven for all malcontents, acatch-allparty, a hotch-potch where everyone looked after himself without being reprimanded by the landlord.
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Thiscatch-allparty thesis became a dominant research programme in the literature on party competition and voter alignment.
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Maybe thecatch-allterm fundamentalism has much to answer for.
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A further section is given over to the management of ' special syndromes ', acatch-allterm for those problems not easily positioned elsewhere.
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The latter is, of course, acatch-allfor anything that is not pitch or volume.
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The word tends to get bandied around as acatch-all, so that it loses touch with any specific meaning.
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This result is consistent with expectations thatcatch-allparties, because they need to appeal to the broadest base of support, do not foster strong preferences.
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She successfully avoids a reductionist,catch-alladoption of any single view, shedding critical light on all three.
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This is in a sense thecatch-allfor all other concepts.
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In traditional prescriptive teaching and in some manuals of grammar and style, the little verb get has been excoriated as acatch-allfor lazy imprecise people.
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Moreover, voters are more likely to have strong attachments to parties that cater more specifically to their needs, as opposed tocatch-allparties that appeal to the median voter.
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