| 釋義 |
generationn. 1. ability to generate,issue,progeny 生育能力,后嗣,子孫。 △2H.IV.4.2.48: “And heir from heir shall holdthis quarrel up / Whiles England shall have genera-tion.”(a prophecy of the Wars of the Roses) 只要英格蘭有子孫后代,這一場(chǎng)斗爭(zhēng)就要一代接一代地進(jìn)行下去。 2. kinsmen,one’s own flesh and blood,offspring,children親屬,親骨肉,后代,子女。 △Lr.1.1.118(116):“The barbarous Scythian,/ Or he that makes his gen-eration messes / To gorge his appetite,”(he: any can-nibal)野蠻的西徐亞人,或者把自己親生骨肉當(dāng)做菜肴來解饞的食人生番。 |