generation

英 [dʒenə'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美['dʒɛnə'reʃən]

n. 一代；产生；一代人；生殖

近义词 day productivity production formation time

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英英释义

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;: "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

4. a stage of technological development or innovation;: "the third generation of computers"

5. a coming into being

6. the production of heat or electricity;: "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

考试真题

After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents' footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.

Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.

In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did notThe fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be.

Thanks in part to video games, the generation now entering the workforce is especially open to the idea of having their work gamified.

Isn't this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isn't this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the well-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then their behavior doesn't match their beliefs.

As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers.

They weren't looking for cured meats, organic produce or beautiful presentation; they were looking for whatever they could get their hands on, and this prioritisation of quantity over quality prevailed for decades, meaning a generation was brought up with food that couldn't compete with neighbouring France, Italy, Belgium or Spain.

A new batch of young women—members of the so-called millennial (千禧的) generation—has been entering the workforce for the past decade.

According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major 32 elements: class, sex, and generation .

And isn't this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the well-being of the planet?

Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of internet retailers.

The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, familiar with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation, accustomed to an industrial society.

They catered to the taste of the younger generation.

Failure to address comprehensively the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, however, exposes all generations, present and future, to incalculable risks.

Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.

Addressing differences in the earliest years, it seems, could reduce inequality in the next generation.

Why should you consider taking a course in demography in college? You’ll be growing up in a generation where the baby boomers are going into retirement and dying.

Results of USA WEEKEND's Teens & Parents survey reveal a generation of young people who get along well with their parents and approve of the way they're being raised.

It has remained basically unchanged for generations.

It has brought up generations of responsible citizens.

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world's people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.

How much is today's spirit of harmony a change from our more turbulent past? A mere generation ago, parentchild relations were described as the generation gap.

America's education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequality from one generation to the next.

The theory is that smoking should be stripped of any appeal to discourage new generations from starting in the first place.

And it is clearly up to the current generation of leaders from high-emitting nations to decide whether they want to be remembered as climate change tyrants or pioneers.

The major components of our energy systems, such as fuel production, refining, electrical generation and distribution, are costly installation that have lengthy life spans.

First generation college students tend to have much heavier financial burdens than their peers.

A mere generation ago, parent-child relations were described as "the generation gap".

I don't know what will happen to the next generation.

Or do they face more challenges than any previous generation?

So it looks as though self-control is something that in one generation can disadvantage the next generation.

You know, they were often victims of a generation firmly convinced that the woman's place was in the home.

As a third generation native of Brownsville, Texas, mildred Garza never pleased move away.

For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within.

Join us as actress Tina Chen recounts the fascinating story of three generations of her mother's family and their contributions to the history of China.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded--the digital himalaya project and the world oral literature project--Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, for the world available not just to scholars but to the younger generation.

Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency.

Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping.

Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.

The Jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago.

Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together.

Today all three generations regard the move to a success, giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in separate cities.

We are fortunate that is it, because new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations.

This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents.

The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business–friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation.

For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit.

Millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding.

His analysis should therefore end any self-contentedness among those who may believe that the global position of English is so stable that the young generation of the United Kingdom do not need additional language capabilities.

According to the career counselors and expert who study them, Generation Zs are clear-eyed, economic pragmatists.

Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults.

But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state's electricity generation – and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power t

Despite attempts by the Church to strong-arm this new generation of logicians and rationalists, more explanations for how the universe functioned were being made, and at a rate that the people-including the Church -could no longer ignore.

first generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree.

If "entitled" is the most common adjective, fairly or not, applied to millennials those born between 1981 and 1995, the catchwords for Generation Z are practical and cautious.

millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding.

Now that members of Generation Z are graduating college this spring the most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was born after 1995, give or take a year-the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks.

We are all becoming increasingly aware of the importance of modeling tolerance and patience for the younger generation.

实用场景例句

methods of income generation: 产生收益的方法

the generation of electricity: 发电

a new generation of vehicle: 新一代交通运输工具

fifth-generation computing: 第五代计算机技术

She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.: 她激励了整整一届时装学校的毕业生。

a first-/second-generation American (= a person whose family has lived in America for one/two generations): 第一 / 第二代美国人（家人在美国居住了一、二代者）

the younger/older generation: 年轻的一代；老一辈

My generation have grown up without the experience of a world war.: 我这一代人在成长过程中没有经历过世界大战。

I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.: 我常常想：后代将怎样评价我们所作出的努力。

a generation ago: 一代人以前

My family have lived in this house for generations .: 我家祖祖辈辈都住在这房子里。

stories passed down from generation to generation: 世代相传的故事

...the younger generation of Party members...: 年轻一代的党员

David Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.: 长期以来，戴维·马梅特一直被视为同代人中最杰出的美国剧作家。

Within a generation flight has become the method used by many travellers.: 就在不到一代人的时间里，坐飞机已经成了很多旅行者的出行方式。

...a new generation of IBM/Apple computers.: 新一代的IBM/苹果电脑

...second generation Asians in Britain...: 英国的第二代亚洲移民

She is a first generation American.: 她是第一代美国移民。

Japan has announced plans for a sharp rise in its nuclear power generation.: 日本宣布了大幅增加核能发电的计划。

But while at five foot ten there are thirty men for every woman.: 而是五英尺高度中,有一个女人就有三十个男人.

As generation gap exists, we must bear in mind that the younger people might not like that idea.: 因为有代沟的存在, 所以我们必须记住,年轻人可能不喜欢这个想法.

The British nation has not risen up in a generation.: 英国民族并非在一代时期崛起.

Do you want to bridge the generation gap?: 你想弥合代沟吗 ?

Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.: 蒸汽和水力可用来发电.

The story is passed on from generation to generation in the village.: 这故事在村民中世代相传.

He belongs to my father's generation.: 他比我长一辈.

词态变化

复数: generations;

中文词源

generation 代，一代人

来自generate, 产生，生育。

英文词源

generation (n.): early 14c., "body of individuals born about the same period" (historically 30 years but in other uses as few as 17), on the notion of "descendants at the same stage in the line of descent," from Old French generacion "race, people, species; progeny, offspring; act of procreating" (12c., Modern French génération) and directly from Latin generationem (nominative generatio) "generating, generation," noun of action from past participle stem of generare "bring forth, beget, produce," from genus "race, kind" (see genus).

From late 14c. as "act or process of procreation; process of being formed; state of being procreated; reproduction; sexual intercourse;" also "that which is produced, fruit, crop; children; descendants, offspring of the same parent." Generation gap first recorded 1967; generation x is 1991, by author Douglas Coupland (b.1961) in the book of that name; generation y attested by 1994. Adjectival phrase first-generation, second-generation, etc. with reference to U.S. immigrant families is from 1896. Related: Generational.

双语例句

1. A new generation of scientists became fascinated by dinosaurs.: 新一代科学家对恐龙研究着了迷。

2. First-generation Americans view the United States as a land of golden opportunity.: 第一代美国人认为美国是一个充满了机遇的国度。

3. This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.: 这将是欧洲在未来二三十年或者更长的时间里所要面临的挑战。

4. Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.: 福克纳被誉为他那一代人中最伟大的美国小说家。

5. Manufacturers are working on a new generation of cheaper digital radios.: 制造商正在研制价格更便宜的新一代数字收音机。

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