| 单词 | sandwich generation |
| 释义 | > as lemmassandwich generation sandwich generation n. originally and chiefly North American a generation of people who in middle age find themselves responsible not only for bringing up their children but also for the care of their ageing parents. ΚΠ 1975 Jrnl. Asian & Afr. Stud. 10 56 Middle aged Japanese today are members of a ‘sandwich generation’ in that, like people in middlehood anywhere, they are weighed down by the elders from above, pressed against by insurgent youth from below. 1994 Guardian 8 Aug. i. 2/5 These, mainly professional people, are what I would call the sandwich generation—they have responsibilities at both ends... In the past, their aged parents would have died earlier and their kids would not have been in full-time education for so long. 2002 Toronto Sun (Electronic ed.) 12 May 45 For those in the sandwich generation, I recommend Karen Henderson's www.caregiver.on.ca; she addresses everything from dementia to falls to elder abuse. < as lemmas |
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