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generation
gen·e·ra·tion / 7dVZnE5reFEn ; 7dVenE5reIFEn /noun
1. [C also + plural verb BrE] all people of about the same age一代（人）:
•Like most of my generation, I had never known a war.我和我们这一代的大多数人一样，都没有经历过战争。
•In my generation the divorce rate is very high.我们这一代人离婚率很高。
•the need to preserve the planet for future generations 为子孙后代保护地球的必要性
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•the post-war generation of writers战后的一代作家
the younger / older generation ( = the younger or older people in society )年轻/老年一代
•The younger generation don't know what hard work is.年轻一代不知道什么叫艰苦的劳动。
•The story has been handed down from generation to generation .这个故事是一代一代传下来的。
2. Call the members of a family of about the same age〔家庭中的〕一代（人）:
•Friction is common when three generations live together.三代同堂，摩擦是难免的。
first-generation / second-generation etc ( = being a member of the first, second etc generation to live or be born in a country )第一代/第二代等〔指生活或出生在某国的人〕
•first-generation immigrants第一代移民
•a third-generation American第三代美国人
3. Cthe average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person's children一代人的时间〔指一个人的出生与此人的孩子出生之间的平均时间〕:
for generations
•Some families have lived here for generations.有些人家祖祖辈辈都住在这里。
•The country's attitude toward government is harsher than it was a generation ago.现在国人对政府的态度比前一代人更加严厉了。
4. Ca group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed〔产品发展的〕代:
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•the new generation of mobile phones新一代的手机
•the first generation of nuclear power stations第一代核电站
first-generation / second-generation etc
•second-generation computers第二代计算机
5. Uthe process of producing something or making something happen产生，发生;SYNproduction
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•the generation of electricity发电

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