generations / ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃən /

几代人世代数代人世世代代

generations 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  2. the average span of years between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring, reckoned in accordance with various disciplines, as in human population studies, which typically cite a generational range as 20–35 years, and in the classification of Generations X, Y, and Z, which loosely frame periods of 15–20 years: Her photo layout shows the hairstyle trends among young men over the past four generations.
  3. a group of individuals, most of whom are the same approximate age, having similar ideas, problems, attitudes, etc.Compare Beat Generation, Lost Generation.
  4. a group of individuals belonging to a specific category at the same time: Chaplin belonged to the generation of silent-screen stars.
  5. a single step in natural descent, as of human beings, animals, or plants.
  6. a form, type, class, etc., of objects existing at the same time and having many similarities or developed from a common model or ancestor: a new generation of anticancer drugs;a third-generation phone.
  7. the offspring of a certain parent or couple, considered as a step in natural descent.
  8. the act or process of generating or bringing into being; production, manufacture, or procreation.
  9. the state of being generated.
  10. production by natural or artificial processes; evolution, as of heat or sound.
  11. Biology. one complete life cycle.one of the alternate phases that complete a life cycle having more than one phase: the gametophyte generation.
  12. Mathematics. the production of a geometrical figure by the motion of another figure.
  13. Physics. one of the successive sets of nuclei produced in a chain reaction.
  14. the distance in duplicating steps that a copy is from the original work.

generations 近义词

n. 名词 noun

creation, production

n. 名词 noun

era; age group

generations 的近义词 15
generations 的反义词 1

更多generations例句

  1. Keep in mind that Gen Z is a tech-savvy audience that’s unlike other generations.
  2. The generation or so after the passage of the Voting Rights, when the Electoral College never made a practical difference in presidential elections, was an exception rather than the rule.
  3. Insider Spotlight sponsors can get lead generation in the form of emails, a recap article on Business Insider’s site, onsite media, as well as social promotion and promotional email blasts.
  4. While the new iPhones are expected soon, Apple is proceeding with a new generation of its mobile operating software, iOS 14, due out Wednesday.
  5. This is the lamp that nearly any person of any generation would like.
  6. I watched SNL—the Eddie Murphy generation—and also SCTV with Rick Moranis.
  7. A place that has multiplied success for generation after generation of its children.
  8. This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
  9. Or will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?
  10. Changing public opinion, of course, will be the work of a generation or maybe two, but kudos to Stewart for getting it started.
  11. The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
  12. Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
  13. "All right, Pater," you would say, and leave the matter in the hands of the elder generation.
  14. For the adult generation of to-day many things are no longer possible.
  15. She thought that the elder members of the family could discuss life more freely unhampered by the younger generation.