音标:[.dʒenә'reiʃәn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 一代, 一世, 产生
[医] 生殖, 世代
n. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
n. the normal time between successive generations
n. a stage of technological development or innovation
n. the production of heat or electricity
词型变化:名词复数形式 : generations
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名词100%

generation的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. There is a generation gap between my parents and I.我父母和我之间有代沟。
  2. One generation blows bubbles, and the next breaks them.前一代人制造出来的空洞理论,下一代人把它们打破。
  3. Their visionary ideas are often misunderstood by their own generation.他们有远见的理想往往招致同时代人的误解。
  4. Each generation has its own standards of judgement.每一代都有它自己的判断标准。
  5. The second generation of machines utilized improved miniature electronic tubes, and later solid-sate circuits.第二代机器使用改良的微电子管和后固体电路。
  6. How to prevent the generation of leukaemia?如何防止白血病的产生?
  7. The biology class studied the generation of fruit flies.生物班的学生研究了果蝇的繁殖。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The younger generation is avid of new experiences.年轻一代热望新奇的经历。
  2. In Britain, and probably many other countries too, teachers and parents are worried about this generation of school-children.在英国,也许还有许多别的国家,教师和家长都为这一代的小学生担心。
  3. Lu Hsun had influenced more than one generation of the Chinese people.鲁迅影响了不止一代的中国人。
  4. People of my generation all think the same way about this.关于这件事,我们这代人都有同感。
  5. China is building up a new generation of scientists.中国正在造就新一代科学家。
  6. The latest generation of anti-tank missiles has several new refinements.最新一代的反坦克导弹有几种新的改进装置。
  7. Three generations of the family have been born and brought up in this old house.这个家族的三代人都是在这所古老的房子里出生和成长的。
  8. The tradition is handed down the generations.传统代代相传下来。
  9. Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.蒸汽和水力可用来发电。
  10. The biology class studied the generation of fruit flies.生物班的学生研究了果蝇的繁殖。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
a generation ago
    约三十年以前; 一代人以前 about 30 years ago; before a period of time in which a human being can grow up and have a family
for generations
    一连好几代,几代相传 long time
from generation to generation
    世世代代,一代代 for generations
generation gap
    代沟 difference in attitude, or lack of understanding, between young people and older people

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • build up a generation造就一代人
  • improve a generation提高一代人
  • lead a generation引导一代人
形容词+~
  • beat generation披头士一代,垮了的一代
  • coming generation下一代
  • elder generation前辈
  • following generation下一代
  • last generation上一代,前辈人
  • lost generation迷惘的一代
  • new generation新一代
  • past generation上一代
  • present generation当代人
  • second generation第二代居民
  • wakening generation觉醒的一代
  • whole generation整整一代人
  • young generation青年一代
  • younger generation较年轻的一代
~+名词
  • generation gap代沟
~+后置定语
  • generation to come后代
介词+~
  • above a generation一代以上
  • generation after generation一代接一代,世世代代
  • for generations一连好几代
  • from generation to generation一代接一代,世世代代
  • in the course of a generation在一代的过程中
  • in the ninth generation在第九代的
  • through five generations经过五代
~+介词
  • three generations of the family这个家族的三代人

经典引文

  • Nobody in his family had earned a living for three generations.

    出自:L. Hellman
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A display
Abakan River
Abbay
air pumped storage electric machine
analyze
atria of lungs
Benjamin Jowett
big opening easy open lid production line
Bragg-Williams approximation
build operation
business-to-employee
cantly
capability factor
cardigan jacket
certification pilot
charactered material reserve
check girl
chorioid tela
classical orthogonal signal
coboundary
conesthesia
consumption-income sequence
crisis management plan
cyclopic anophthalmia
Dawkinite
delivery bridle
dimethylirigenin
disease-free seed
distribution mix
document processing
electron transport phosphorylation
equilibrium at rest
farder
fastness to laundering
ferric red oxide
finger-to-finger test
flame on
fluridone
frequency shift receiver
genus riparias
grandparenthood
half-pricest
haul forward
ibou
layered vessel
lighting generator
longitudinal covering
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron
magnesia chrome
mamar
mastigopus
meditatios
modist
mokoro
mold unloading
non-computational
not care a fuck
optometer
Orthidina
pasvik
plunger type control valve
poikilocythemia
position telemeter
programatic
programmer-defined symbol
projectionless
public liability
pulsescope
radio-collared
Ram's horn figure
reentry funnel
registrarship
regreded
reversed rolling moment
road rash
saiodine
save one's pocket
seedbed frame
SELinux
shipping kilometre
skirt response
small intestinal stasis syndrome
squadder
stillwater performance
sucking-pad
superscreen
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tc-99m
terbium peroxide
theriacal
three roll type coiler
three-unit code
thymasin
Toleration, Edict of
tracheo-esophagology
Unrealized Loss
unreken
violon
wait-time
What Not to Wear
X-ray technic-film
yoohoos