generation
generation
noun
generational
adjective
语源
noun
- all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively
［总称］一代人，同代人
one of his generation's finest songwriters.
他那一代中最优秀的歌曲作者之一。
■the average period, generally considered to be about thirty years, in which children grow up, become adults, and have children of their own
一代人（通常为30年左右）
the books are printed on acidneutral paper to last for generations.
这些书是用不带酸性的纸印刷的，可持续几代人的时间。
■a set of members of a family regarded as a single step or stage in descent
（同一血统的）一代人
[as modifier, in combination]a third-generation Canadian.
第三代入加拿大籍的人。
■a single stage in the development of a type of product
（产品发展的）一代
a new generation of rear-engined sports cars.
新一代后引擎跑车。 - [mass noun]the production of something
产生，发生
methods of electricity generation.
发电方法。
the generation of wealth.
财富的产生。
■the propagation of living organisms; procreation
生物繁殖；生殖
generational
adjective
语源
- Middle English: via Old French from Latin generatio(n-), from the verb generare (see generate)
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