| 释义 |
first generationˌfirst geneˈration noun [singular]   - But the life of a first generation feminist can be plagued by disconcerting lapses.
- Conversely, many younger people will be the first generation in their family who can expect to inherit substantial amounts.
- In this programme, the first generation has three items, of magnitudes 1, 2 and 3, turning through 180°.
- The first generation of peas were all tall.
- The big winner in a system of intergenerational transfers is the first generation.
- The fact that service companies make up most of the first generation of 1990s downsizers-turned-upsizers supports this analysis.
- This was also the first generation to take full advantage of the decentralized workplaces made possible by information technology.
something that is the first► a first something that has never been done or achieved by anyone before and is therefore surprising or exciting: · If an animated film was nominated as best picture, it would be a first.a first in: · Roger Bannister's four-minute mile was a notable first in the history of athletics.· During the 1960's, the Soviet Union achieved a series of firsts in space exploration.a first for: · Delivering a baby on the job was a first for the two police officers. ► prototype the first model of something, especially of a machine or a new invention, that is often improved in later models: · No damage to the prototype aircraft was reported after its first test flight.prototype of: · Pilots have begun testing a prototype of the new aircraft.· The prototype of this particular computer was developed by an American in 1975.prototype for: · Within a year, the company expects to have a prototype for military use. ► original something such as a picture or a piece of writing that is not a copy but is the one produced for the first time by the artist or writer themselves: · I wasn't sure whether the portrait was an excellent copy or the original.· This is a photograph of the manuscript. The original is in the city museum. ► first-generation first-generation computers, machines etc were the first ones of their type to be produced, and are the ones that later computers, machines etc of the same type are based on: · The first-generation digital televisions cost over $2000.· There were a variety of problems common to first-generation computer software programs. ► Anthropologyclansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective 1people who have moved to live in a new country, or the children of these people2the first type of a machine to be developedfirst generation of the first generation of hand-held computers3the first people to do somethingfirst generation of the first generation of radical feminists in the US—first-generation adjective: first-generation Americans |