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| /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/ |
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| 1 | C a group of people in society who are born and live around the same time 代；一代 |
| The site was preserved as a monument for future generations. 这个地方被保存下来，供后人凭吊纪念。 |
| People retiring today are wealthier than the previous generation. 现在退休的人比上一代人富裕。 |
| | 1a | +ofa particular group existing at a particular time （某特殊群体的）一代 | | His work has been rediscovered by a younger generation of artists. 他的作品是由年轻一代的艺术家重新发现的。 | | Generations of schoolchildren have sat at these desks. 一代代的学童曾经坐在这些书桌旁。 | |
| | 1b | the people in society at a particular time who are old or young 老一代/年轻一代 | | New technology need not be the preserve of the younger generation. 新技术并非由年轻一代独享。 | |
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| 2 | C all the members of a family who are of a similar age and whose parents are of a similar age （一个家庭中的）一代人 |
| My mother was the only one in her generation to go to university. 我妈妈是她那一代唯一上过大学的人。 |
| +of The novel is about several generations of a French family. 这部小说讲的是一个法国家庭几代人的故事。 |
| | 2a | the number of years that usually pass between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’ s children 一代人的时间 | | Within a generation, the family had lost all its wealth. 只不过一代人，这个家庭就家财罄尽。 | |
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| 3 | C a group of products that were made at about the same time , intended as an improvement on those that came before them 同一时期的；同一代的 |
| a new generation of mobile phones 新一代移动电话 |
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| 4 | U the process of producing something 生产；出产；产生 |
| cheap electricity generation 廉价发电 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| generational adj |
| generational differences 代沟 |
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