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gen.er.a.tion.Jen7E5reI7F[nn [C]all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family, or the period of time which it usually takes for a human baby to become an adult and have its own children一代人，代The generation who were teenagers thirty years ago are now senior business people and politicians.30年前的青少年一代 现在已是资深商界人士和政治家了。The younger generation smoke/smokes less than their parents did. [+ sing/pl v]年轻的一代吸烟要比他们的父辈吸得少。There were at least three generations--grandparents, parents and children--at the wedding.婚礼上至少有三代人----祖父母、父母和孩子。The disease is transmitted down the generations/from one generation to the next.这病从一代传至下一代。Environmental resources must be preserved for future generations.为了后代必须要保护好环境资源。A generation (= That period of time) ago, home computers were virtually unknown.大约三十几年前，家庭电脑实际上还不为人所知。This painting has been in the family for generations (= several periods of time during which babies have become adults).这幅画保存于家中已有好几代了。If someone is a first/second/third/etc. generation nationality, they are a member of the first/second/third/, etc. group of people of the same age in the family to have been born in that country.（家族中）第一/二/三代She's a second generation American (= her parents were American, although their parents were not).她是家族中第二代美国人。A particular generation of a product or a machine is a group of them which are all at the same stage in the product's or machine's development.（产品的）一代This is one of the new generation of low-fat margarines.这是低脂人造黄油的新一代产品之一。Scientists are working on developing the next generation of supercomputers.科学家们正在研制开发下一代的超级计算机。The company is launching the second-generation model of this car in March.公司要在三月推出该车的第二代车型。A generation gap is a lack of understanding between older and younger people that results from them having different opinions, behaviour and experiences of life.代沟She's a young politician who manages to bridge/cross the generation gap.她是位设法跨越了代沟的年轻政治家。[GERNERATE 中的generation Periods of time]
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