generate
/ˈdʒenəreɪt/verb
with obj.
1- cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about引发（某种情感）; 造成（某种情况）; 使发生：
changes which are likely to generate controversy
可能引起争议的变化
the income generated by the sale of council houses.
出售市建住房所得收入。
1.1
- produce (energy, especially electricity)产生（能量, 尤指电）。
1.2
- produce (a set or sequence of items) by performing specified mathematical or logical operations on an initial set（对起始项进行数学或逻辑运算而）生成（一组或一系列项目）。
1.3
- Linguistics produce (a sentence or other unit, especially a well-formed one) by the application of a finite set of rules to lexical or other linguistic input【语言学】生成（句子或其他语言单位）。
1.4
- Mathematics form (a line, surface, or solid) by notionally moving a point, line, or surface【数】（在概念中移动点、线或面）生成（线、面或立体）。
派生词
generable
adjective词源
early 16th cent. （in the sense 'beget, procreate'）： from Latin generat- 'created', from the verb generare, from genus, gener- 'stock, race'.