generation n. 1.代〔约30年〕,世代,时代;同时代的人。 2.一代[一世]。 3.生殖,生育;发生,产生。 4.【数学】(面、体、线的)形成。 5.完善化阶段,完善化方案,完善化的模型;发展阶段。 a generation ago 约三十年前。 alternation of generations 【生物学】世代交替。 the present generation现代;现代人。 the last [past] generation上一代。 the first generation第一代 (the first generation university students 第一代大学生). future generations 后代。 the beat generation“垮掉的一代”〔美国青年中的颓废派〕。 the rising [coming] generation下一代。 the younger [older] generation年轻[年老]的一代。 for generations 一连好几代,祖祖辈辈。 generation after generation = from generation to generation 世世代代。
Problems that were very appealing a generation ago may have been resolved . 在一代人以前非常热门的问题可能已被解决。
A generation ago , risk was concentrated in the banking industry 几十年前,风险都集中在银行业。
A generation ago , china disputed most of its borders 在上一代以前,中国与大多数接壤国家存有领土争议。
A generation ago , few outsiders had ever heard of lake lugu or the mosuo 在上一代,少有外地人听说过泸沽湖或摩梭族。
" men in their twenties or thirties are interacting with women on equal terms much more so than a generation ago 马什说: “ 20多岁或30多岁的男性和女性之间平等的相互影响要比上一代人频繁得多。
Other colleges , though , are trying to drum up excitement by offering perks that would have been unheard of a generation ago 其他大学则尽可能提供一些在上一代人中闻所未闻的条件来引起学生们的兴趣。
I hardly need to tell you that you are beginning careers in a nation remarkably different from just a generation ago 诸位事业生涯起步时所处的国度切尼:与仅仅一代人以前相比,有如沧海桑田。这不用我说
He had no reason to really care much for cogan ' s story , yet he was strangely absorbed into this tale from a generation ago 在他意识的深处,他那冷静的自我在疯狂地抗拒那些话语,但是他的心却对这敌人感到特别亲近。
A generation ago , the symbol of economic polarization was the urban ghetto . now it ' s the gated communities and other redoubts of the wealthy 一代人的时间以前,经济两极分化的象征是城市聚居区,现在的象征是富人居住的有大门把守的社区和其它堡垒式的居住区。
A generation ago there were only a million cars in all of china ; now there are thirty three million and that number is expected to quadruple over the next fifteen years 一代人前全中国一共只有100万辆汽车,但是现在却有3300万辆汽车,而且这个数字有望在下一个15年里变成现在的4倍。