n. 1.代〔约30年〕，世代，时代；同时代的人。 2.一代[一世]。 3.生殖，生育；发生，产生。 4.【数学】(面、体、线的)形成。 5.完善化阶段，完善化方案，完善化的模型；发展阶段。 短语和例子 a generation ago 约三十年前。 alternation of generations 【生物学】世代交替。 the present generation现代；现代人。 the last [past] generation上一代。 the first generation第一代 (the first generation university students 第一代大学生). future generations 后代。 the beat generation“垮掉的一代”〔美国青年中的颓废派〕。 the rising [coming] generation下一代。 the younger [older] generation年轻[年老]的一代。 for generations 一连好几代，祖祖辈辈。 generation after generation ＝ from generation to generation 世世代代。
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production 同义词：multiplication, propagation,
the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
a coming into being 同义词：genesis,
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age 同义词：coevals, contemporaries,
the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"
Generation (from the Latin generāre, meaning "to beget"), also known as procreation in biological sciences, is the act of producing offspring. In kinship terminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship.
例句与用法
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His has been a peasant familly for generations . 他家几辈子都是农民。
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My people have lived here for generations . 我家世世代代都是住在这里。
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A smaller generation sacrifices to excitement . 下一代成了冲动的牺牲品。
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It was copied from the first generation tape . 这是按原版磁带复制过来的。
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He was the first of a new generation . 他是新一代的奠基者。
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This generation of americans has already had enough . 这一代的美国人已经受够了。
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Many representatives of the older generation were there . 老一辈的各类人都在那里。
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To people of our generation kennedy was a god . 对我们这一代人来说，肯尼迪是偶像。
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A judgmental infelicity plagued past generations . 这种不恰当的看法曾困扰了几代人。
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It sharpened the poetic sensibility of two generations . 它提高了两代人对诗的敏感力。
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