generation

英 [d?en?'re??(?)n] 美['d??n?'re??n]

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復數:?generations;

generation 代，一代人

來自generate, 產生，生育。

generation (n.): early 14c., "body of individuals born about the same period" (historically 30 years but in other uses as few as 17), on the notion of "descendants at the same stage in the line of descent," from Old French generacion "race, people, species; progeny, offspring; act of procreating" (12c., Modern French génération) and directly from Latin generationem (nominative generatio) "generating, generation," noun of action from past participle stem of generare "bring forth, beget, produce," from genus "race, kind" (see genus).

From late 14c. as "act or process of procreation; process of being formed; state of being procreated; reproduction; sexual intercourse;" also "that which is produced, fruit, crop; children; descendants, offspring of the same parent." Generation gap first recorded 1967; generation x is 1991, by author Douglas Coupland (b.1961) in the book of that name; generation y attested by 1994. Adjectival phrase first-generation, second-generation, etc. with reference to U.S. immigrant families is from 1896. Related: Generational.

1. A new generation of scientists became fascinated by dinosaurs.: 新一代科學家對恐龍研究著了迷。

2. First-generation Americans view the United States as a land of golden opportunity.: 第一代美國人認為美國是一個充滿了機遇的國度。

3. This challenge will occupy Europe for a generation or more.: 這將是歐洲在未來二三十年或者更長的時間里所要面臨的挑戰。

4. Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.: 福克納被譽為他那一代人中最偉大的美國小說家。

5. Manufacturers are working on a new generation of cheaper digital radios.: 制造商正在研制價格更便宜的新一代數字收音機。