| 釋義 |
generation /.dzens'rei/n; -6zens're/sn/ n 1 [U] generating; bringing into existence: 產(chǎn)生; 發(fā)生： the ~ of electricity by steam or water-power; 用蒸汽或水力發(fā)電; the ~ of heat by friction. 摩擦生熱。 2 [C] single stage or step in family descent: 家族命的一代; 一世： three ~s, children, parents, grandparents. 三代(兒女，父母，祖父母)。 3 [C] average period (regarded as 30 years) in which children grow up, marry, and have children: 一代(自子女長(zhǎng)成，結(jié)婚再生子女，通常為三十年)： 0 ~ ago. 一代以前。 gap, → gap(2). 4 [C] all persons born about the same time, and, therefore, of about the same age: 同時(shí)代的人： the present/past/coming ~; 現(xiàn)在(過去，親來)的 f 人; the rising ~, the young ~. 青年。 |