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单词 first-generation
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first-generation

adjective
1Designating the first of a generation to become a citizen in a new country.The entrepreneurial success of first-generation Jews enabled subsequent generations to move into the professional ranks of society....
  • Living near the factories where they worked, first-generation Romanian Americans established communities which often consisted of extended families or of those who had migrated from the same region in Romania.
  • While many first-generation Pakistani Americans continue to speak their native languages at home, offspring generally speak only English but understand their parents' native tongue.
1.1Designating the first of a generation to be born in a country of parents who had immigrated: a first-generation Canadian whose parents were born on a farm in Vietnam...
  • To hear her tell it, Tan's experience as a first-generation American born to striving Chinese immigrants in post-War California has been a succession of terrifying leaps from one trauma to another.
  • Consistently, first-generation students perceive their parents to be less supportive of their decision to attend college and less encouraging than their peers perceive their parents to be.
  • He is first-generation Irish and was born and raised in Chicago, where most of his family still lives.
2Designating the first version of a type made available: first-generation descrambler technology...
  • The first-generation antihistamines, often available as over-the-counter medications, produce a sedating effect.
  • Toyota currently supplies Nissan with its aging, first-generation hybrid technology, and the hybrid-powered Altima won't reach consumers until 2006.
  • It could not be saddled with Toyota's first-generation technology while its rival was busy creating the next system.
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