There is a generation gap between my parents and I.
我父母和我之间有代沟。
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。
Their visionary ideas are often misunderstood by their own generation.
他们有远见的理想往往招致同时代人的误解。
Each generation has its own standards of judgement.
每一代都有它自己的判断标准。
The second generation of machines utilized improved miniature electronic tubes, and later solid-sate circuits.
第二代机器使用改良的微电子管和后固体电路。
How to prevent the generation of leukaemia?
如何防止白血病的产生？
The biology class studied the generation of fruit flies.
生物班的学生研究了果蝇的繁殖。
methods of income generation
产生收益的方法
the generation of electricity
发电
a new generation of vehicle
新一代交通运输工具
fifth-generation computing
第五代计算机技术
She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.
她激励了整整一届时装学校的毕业生。
a first-'/second-generation American (= a person whose family has lived in America for one'/two generations)
第一 / 第二代美国人（家人在美国居住了一、二代者）
the younger'/older generation
年轻的一代；老一辈
My generation have grown up without the experience of a world war.
我这一代人在成长过程中没有经历过世界大战。
I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.
我常常想：后代将怎样评价我们所作出的努力。
a generation ago
一代人以前
My family have lived in this house for generations .
我家祖祖辈辈都住在这房子里。
stories passed down from generation to generation
世代相传的故事
...the younger generation of Party members...
年轻一代的党员
David Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.
长期以来，戴维·马梅特一直被视为同代人中最杰出的美国剧作家。
Within a generation flight has become the method used by many travellers.
就在不到一代人的时间里，坐飞机已经成了很多旅行者的出行方式。
...a new generation of IBM'/Apple computers.
新一代的IBM/苹果电脑
...second generation Asians in Britain...
英国的第二代亚洲移民
She is a first generation American.
她是第一代美国移民。
Japan has announced plans for a sharp rise in its nuclear power generation.
日本宣布了大幅增加核能发电的计划。
But while at five foot ten there are thirty men for every woman.
而是五英尺高度中,有一个女人就有三十个男人.
As generation gap exists, we must bear in mind that the younger people might not like that idea.
因为有代沟的存在, 所以我们必须记住,年轻人可能不喜欢这个想法.
The British nation has not risen up in a generation.
英国民族并非在一代时期崛起.
Do you want to bridge the generation gap?
你想弥合代沟 吗 ?
Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.
蒸汽和水力可用来发电.
The story is passed on from generation to generation in the village.
这故事在村民中世代相传.
He belongs to my father's generation.
他比我长一辈.
Nobody in his family had earned a living for three generations.
出自：L. Hellman形容词:：generational
