单词 | generation |
释义 | generation /.dzens'rei/n; -6zens're/sn/ n 1 [U] generating; bringing into existence: 产生; 发生: the ~ of electricity by steam or water-power; 用蒸汽或水力发电; the ~ of heat by friction. 摩擦生热。 2 [C] single stage or step in family descent: 家族命的一代; 一世: three ~s, children, parents, grandparents. 三代(儿女,父母,祖父母)。 3 [C] average period (regarded as 30 years) in which children grow up, marry, and have children: 一代(自子女长成,结婚再生子女,通常为三十年): 0 ~ ago. 一代以前。 gap, → gap(2). 4 [C] all persons born about the same time, and, therefore, of about the same age: 同时代的人: the present/past/coming ~; 现在(过去,亲来)的 f 人; the rising ~, the young ~. 青年。 |
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