| 单词 | generation |
| 释义 | generationgeneration /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL noun 1[countable] a group consisting of all the people in a society who are about the same age: people of my generation We want to preserve the planet for future generations.the older/younger generation The younger generation don’t know what hard work is.generation of a new generation of writers2[countable] all the members of a family of about the same age: generation of a photograph showing four generations of the family3[countable] the average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’s children: A generation ago, this was still farmland. The house has been in my family for generations.4[countable] all the members of a group of things which have been developed from a previous group: generation of the next generation of cell phones5[uncountable] the process of producing something or making something happen: the generation of electricity → see also -generation |
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