generation
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A generation is all the people in a group or country who are of a similar age, especially when they are considered as having the same experiences or attitudes. 一代人
...the younger generation of party members. …較年輕一代的黨員。
2. N-COUNT A generation is the period of time, usually considered to be about thirty years, that it takes for children to grow up and become adults and have children of their own. 代 (通常約爲三十年)
Within a generation, flight has become the method used by many travellers. 在不到一代的時間裡，飛行已成爲許多旅行者的出行方式。
3. N-COUNT You can use generation to refer to a stage of development in the design and manufacture of machines or equipment. (機械、設備的設計和制造的) 一代[N 'of' n]
...a new generation of Apple computers. …新一代蘋果電腦。
4. ADJ Generation is used to indicate how long members of your family have had a particular nationality. For example, second generation means that you were born in the country you live in, but your parents were not. (指家庭成員擁有某國國籍的時間) 代[ord ADJ n]
...second-generation Jamaicans in New York. …在紐約的第二代牙買加人。
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generation /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/ (generations)
剑桥词典
- She is being acclaimed as the greatest dancer of her generation.
- His is a family trade , passed down from generation to generation.
- That song was popular with people from my father's generation.
- Some diseases are transmitted from one generation to the next.
- He was probably the most prolific songwriter of his generation.
- Established methods of power generation create a considerable amount of pollution .
- Coal is still the raw material used for most of the UK's electricity generation.
generation noun (AGE GROUP)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時，在英式英語中，該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中，使用動詞的單數更好 ]all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family
（社會或家庭的）一代（人），同代人，同輩人
The younger generation smokes less than their parents did. 年輕的一代比他們父母這一代人吸菸要少。
There were at least three generations - grandparents , parents and children - at the wedding . 婚禮上至少有3代人——祖父母、父母和孩子們。
It's our duty to preserve the planet for future generations. 爲了子孫後代保護好這個星球的環境是我們的職責。
This painting has been in the family for generations. 這幅畫已被該家族收藏了數代之久。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時，在英式英語中，該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中，使用動詞的單數更好 ]
a period of about 25 to 30 years , in which most human babies become adults and have their own children
（時間跨度爲23至30年左右的）一代，一輩
A generation ago, home computers were virtually unknown . 二三十年以前，家用電腦還幾乎不爲世人所知。
first, second, third, etc. generation
used to describe the nationality of someone belonging to the first, second, third, etc. group of people of the same age in the family to have been born in that country
（一個家庭取得一個國家國籍後在該國家的）第一代／第二代／第三代（等等）
She's a first-generation American (= she was born and raised in the US, but her parents were not). 她是她們家族移民美國後的第一代。
例句
generation noun (ENERGY)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]the production of energy in a particular form
（能源）産生；發生
electricity generation from wind and wave power 風能和波能發電
例句
generation noun (PRODUCT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時，在英式英語中，該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中，使用動詞的單數更好 ]a group of products or machines that are all at the same stage of development
（産品或機器的）一代
a new generation of low-fat margarines 新一代的低脂肪人造黃油
Scientists are working on developing the next generation of supercomputers. 科學家們正致力於研發下一代的超級計算機。 返回 generation