generation
n. 一代人; 一代; 一批; 產生
adj. 第…代的
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.
...the younger generation of Party members...
年輕一代的黨員
David Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.
長期以來,戴維·馬梅特一直被視為同代人中最傑出的美國劇作家。
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.
Within a generation flight has become the method used by many travellers.
就在不到一代人的時間裡,坐飛機已經成了很多旅行者的出行方式。
You can use generation to refer to a stage of development in the design and manufacture of machines or equipment.
...a new generation of IBM/Apple computers.
新一代的IBM/蘋果電腦
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.
...second generation Asians in Britain...
英國的第二代亞洲移民
She is a first generation American.
她是第一代美國移民。
Generation is also the production of a form of energy or power from fuel or another source of power such as water.
Japan has announced plans for a sharp rise in its nuclear power generation.
日本宣佈了大幅增加核能發電的計劃。
1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
2. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
3. the normal time between successive generations;
4. a stage of technological development or innovation;
5. a coming into being
6. the production of heat or electricity;
7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
As generation gap exists, we must bear in mind that the younger people might not like that idea.
因為有代溝的存在, 所以我們必須記住,年輕人可能不喜歡這個想法.
The British nation has not risen up in a generation.
英國民族並非在一代時期崛起.
Do you want to bridge the generation gap?
你想彌合代溝 嗎 ?
Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.
蒸汽和水力可用來發電.
The story is passed on from generation to generation in the village.
這故事在村民中世代相傳.