The indefinite article indicates that a noun refers to a general thing, a general idea, rather than a specific thing.

不定冠词表示名词指是一般事物，一般概念而不是特定事物。

Especially when you first get introduced to flashcards or to active recall like you're testing yourself as a general concept.

尤其是当你第一次了解抽认卡或主动回忆时，就像你在测试自己一般概念一样。

All of these things are related to the general concept of liability, who's responsible.

所有这些都与责任一般概念有关，谁负责。

Well, that's the general idea of " better yet."

好吧，这就是“更好” 一般概念。

Last time we have got a general concept about linguistics.

上次我们有一个关于语言学一般概念。

Many of you are probably familiar with the general idea of " spiritualism."

你们中许多人可能都熟悉“招魂术” 一般概念。

Although today's report discussed American presidents, speeches, and language choices, you can use the general ideas in many different situations.

虽然今天讨论是美、演讲和语言选择，但你可以在许多不同情况下使用这些一般概念。

A nation goes to pieces when it confounds its duty with the general concept of duty.

当一个家将其职责与职责一般概念混为一谈时， 它就会分崩离析。

Your air-fryer manual will likely provide a general idea about cooking times and temperatures for various foods.

您空气炸锅手册可能会提供有关各种食物烹饪时间和温度一般概念。

I completely lost track of time—lost track of the concept of time—of concepts in general.

我完全忘记了时间——忘记了时间概念——一般概念。

There are hundreds of different general concepts that the examiner can choose from, and within those, there are hundreds of different questions.

考官可以从中选择数百个不同一般概念，在这些概念中，又有数百个不同问题。

There are too many examples to explain them all here, but I will give you one general idea which might be helpful.

这里有太多例子无法解释它们，但我会给你一个可能有帮助一般概念。

Second, some schools also require standardized test scores, like SAT or ACT scores, which demonstrate how much you've mastered general knowledge concepts.

其次，一些学校还要求提供标准化考试成绩，如 SAT 或 ACT 分数，这能看出你掌握了多少一般性知识概念。

Mr. Green says that many novelists begin their work with little more than a general idea of a plot or a particular character.

格林先生说， 许多小说家只是从对情节或特定人物一般概念开始他们工作。

It's related to our first two verbs in that it is the general concept of causing something to happen later than it should.

它与我们前两个动词有关，因为它是导致某事发生时间晚于应有时间一般概念。

Maybe it was because we were now dealing with explicitly sentient creatures instead of the more general idea of an ecosystem, but somehow the real-world parallels seemed much more poignant and relevant.

也许是因为我们现在面对是明显有知觉生物，而不是生态系一般概念，但不知为何，现实世界相似之处似乎更加尖锐和切题。

A good way to remember this is that we put a general idea before the colon and then give a specific example or a more detailed explanation after the colon.

记住这一点一个好方法是， 我们将一般概念放在冒号之前，然后在冒号之后给出具体示例或更详细解释。

In fact, after World War II, the company that makes Spam, Hormel Foods, wanted to keep the associations Spam had with the war and with the general concept of patriotism.

事实上，第二次世界大战后，制造垃圾食品公司荷美尔食品公司希望保留垃圾邮件与战争和爱主义一般概念联系。

But while this idea is almost certainly an oversimplification, over time, some research studies actually supported the general concept of a grandmother neuron, and it went from a laughable idea to a serious hypothesis.

但是，虽然这个想法几乎可以肯定是过于简单化了，但随着时间推移，一些研究研究实际上支持了祖母神经元一般概念，而且它从一个可笑想法变成了一个严肃假设。

The general abstract notion serves to remind us that we cannot explain acts solely in terms of the biological properties of the people concerned, their individual past experience and the immediate situation.

一般抽象概念提醒我们，我们不能仅根据有关人员生物学特性、他们个人过去经历和当前情况来解释行为。