单词 | lost generation |
释义 | Lost Generation in British Englishnoun (sometimes not capitals) 1. the large number of talented young men killed in World War I 2. the generation of writers, esp American authors such as Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway, active after World War I Lost Generation in American Englishnoun 1. the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability 2. a group of American writers of this generation, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Dos Passos Word origin [1925–30] |
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