generation
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1 [U]
(a) production 產(chǎn)生; 發(fā)生
the generation of electricity by steam or water-power 蒸汽或水力發(fā)電
the generation of heat by friction 摩擦生熱.
(b) (biology 生) production of living beings, esp offspring; procreation 繁殖; (尤指)生育後代.
2 [C] single stage in a family history (家史中的)一代
a family party at which all three generations were present, ie children, parents and grandparents 三代同堂的家庭聚會
experience handed down from generation to generation 世代相傳的經(jīng)驗.
3 [C, Gp] all people born at about the same time 代(大致在同一時期內(nèi)出生的所有人)
My generation behaves differently from my father's and grandfather's. 我這一代人和我父輩及祖輩表現(xiàn)不同.
[attrib 作定語]
a first-, second-, third-, etc generation American, ie sb who himself or whose parents or grandparents, etc emigrated to America 第一、 第二、 第三等代美國人(本人或其父母或其祖父母等移居美國者).
4 [C] average period, usu considered to be 25-30 years, in which children grow up to become full adults 一代人的期間, 代(通常認為是從兒童長到成年人的25-30年間)
a generation ago 一代人之前
within one generation 在一代人的期間內(nèi).
5 [C] single stage in the development of a type of product (產(chǎn)品類型的)代
the new generation of supersonic airliners 新一代的超音速客機
[attrib 作定語]
third-generation robots 第三代機器人.