英语词汇“Generation X”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Generation X

释义

generation /jen-ə-rāˈshən/

noun

Production or originating
A single stage of natural descent
The people of the same age or period
Descendants removed by the same number of steps from a common ancestor
The ordinary time interval between the births of successive generations (usu reckoned at 30 or 33 years)
Any of a number of stages, levels or series, generally in which each stage, etc is seen as a development of or improvement on the preceding one
A term used in describing the development of computers (see first generation under first, fifth generation under fifth)
Any series of files, each one an amended and updated version of the previous one (computing)
Offspring or progeny (obsolete)
A race, kind, class, family (obsolete)
(in pl) genealogy, history (Bible)

ORIGIN: L generātiō, -ōnis, from generāre (see generate)

generaˈtional adjective

generāˈtionism noun

Traducianism

generation gap noun

Lack of communication and understanding, or the observable differences in attitudes, ideals or outlook, between one generation and the next

Generation X noun

The people who became adults in the early 1990s, considered apathetic or sceptical about traditionally held beliefs and values, esp relating to work and the family

Generation Xˈer noun

A member of Generation X

alternation of generations see under alternate

spontaneous generation

The origination of living from non-living matter

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