| 释义 |
一代不如一代yī dài bù rú yī dàieach generation is worse than the last(/the preceding one);get more degenerate from one generation to the next
❍ 六斤躺着哭，九斤老太拉了伊的手，连说着“～”，一同走了。(鲁迅《呐喊·风波》60) Sixpounder lay there crying until Old Mrs Ninepounder took her by the hand and walked off with her,muttering，“Each generation is worse than the last. ”/更有一件大事： 谁知这样钟鸣鼎食的人家儿，如今养的儿孙，竟～了！ (《红楼梦》18) ❶That’s not their worst trouble,though. Who would’ve thought that each new generation of this noble and scholarly clan is inferior to the last.
❷There’s something much more seriously wrong with them than that. They are not able to turn out good sons,those stately houses,for all their pomp and show. The males in the family get more degenerate from one generation to the next. |