generation
n. 一代, 一世, 产生 [医] 生殖, 世代
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一代；产生；一代人；生殖
all people of about the same age
Like most of my generation, I had never known a war.
和我们这一代的大多数人一样，我并没有经历过战争。
In my generation the divorce rate is very high.
我们这一代人离婚率很高。
the need to preserve the planet for future generations
为子孙后代保护地球的必要性
The story has been handed down from generation to generation.
这个故事是一代一代传下来的。
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The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
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The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
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Race, family; breed.
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A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
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可数 不可数This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1
Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3
All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker
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Descendants, progeny; offspring.
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The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
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A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
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A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
可数 不可数Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties.
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A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
可数 不可数People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation.
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A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy.
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A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
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The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
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可数 不可数 数学the generation of a line or curve
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Inherited from Middle English generacioun, from Anglo-Norman generacioun, Middle French generacion, and their source, Latin generātiō, from generāre (“to beget, generate”). By surface analysis, generate + -ion.
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