generation
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/noun
1
- all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively总称一代人, 同代人：
one of his generation's finest songwriters.
他那一代最优秀的歌曲作者之一。
1.1
- the average period, generally considered to be about thirty years, in which children grow up, become adults, and have children of their own一代人（通常为30年左右）：
the books are printed on acid-neutral paper to last for generations.
这些书是用非酸性的纸印刷的, 可持续几代人的时间。
1.2
- a set of members of a family regarded as a single step or stage in descent（同一血统的）一代人：
as modifier, in combination a third-generation Canadian.第三代入加拿大籍的人。
1.3
- a single stage in the development of a type of product（产品发展的）一代：
a new generation of rearengined sports cars.
新一代后引擎跑车。
2
- mass noun the production of something产生, 发生：
methods of electricity generation
发电方法
the generation of wealth.
财富的产生。
2.1
- the propagation of living organisms; procreation生物繁殖; 生殖。
派生词
generational
adjective词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin generatio（ n-）, from the verb generare （see GENERATE）.