generation

名词 generation:

1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
   同义词：coevals, contemporaries
2. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
3. the normal time between successive generations
4. a stage of technological development or innovation
5. a coming into being
   同义词：genesis
6. the production of heat or electricity
7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   同义词：multiplication, propagation

1. 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。
2. Their visionary ideas are often misunderstood by their own generation.
   他们的理想往往招致同时代人的误解。
3. Many representatives of the older generation were there.
   老一辈的各类人都在那里。
4. There is a generation gap between my parents and I.
   我父母和我之间有代沟。
5. The revival of our country depends on our young generation.
   我们国家的复兴要靠我们年轻的一代。
6. We should be responsible for the generation as yet unborn.
   我们应该对下一代负责。
7. My generation behaves differently from my father's.
   我们这一代人的所作所为和我父亲的那一代人不同。

gen.er.a.tion

n.（名词）
All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor:
家族的一代：源于同一祖先且辈份相同的所有的后代：
例句：
Mother and daughters represent two generations.
母亲和女儿们代表了两代人

Biology A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism:
【生物学】 （生物）世代：一个有机体生命循环的一种状态或阶段：
例句：
asexual generation of a fern.
蕨类植物的无性状态

The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.
世代，代：父母的出世和他们后代的诞生间的一段平均间隔时间

A group of individuals born and living about the same time.
一代人，同代人：出生或生活在同一时代的一批人
A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes:
同时代人：被认为具有共同的文化或社会特点和态度的大体上处于同一时代的一批人：
例句：
.They`re the television generation.(Roger Enrico)
.他们是电视族.(罗杰·恩里科)

A period of sequential technological development and innovation.
阶段：持续的技术发展和革新的一段时期
A class of objects derived from a preceding class:
衍生代，衍生物：从先前的一个种类里衍生的一类事物：
例句：
a new generation of computers.
电脑的新生代

The act or process of generating; origination, production, or procreation.
产生，生殖：产生的行为或过程；起源、生产或生殖

【引伸】
genera.tional
adj.（形容词）