Thispaintinghas been in thefamilyforgenerations.这幅画已被该家族收藏了数代之久。
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aperiodof about 25 to 30years, in which mosthumanbabiesbecomeadultsand havetheirownchildren:
（时间跨度为23至30年左右的）一代，一辈
A generation ago,homecomputerswerevirtuallyunknown.二三十年以前，家用电脑还几乎不为世人所知。
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all thelivingthings in agroupthat arebornorstarttoexistat about the sametime, and arerelatedto one thatexistedat anearlierpointintime:
Thecubsrepresentthe third generation oftigersthat have been givenradiocollarsfor theproject.
Generations offishand othermarinelifewerecompromisedbecause of theoilspill.
Targetedplantbreedingcanproducepromisingresultswithin just a fewcropgenerations.
first, second, third, etc. generation
used todescribethenationalityof someonebelongingto the first, second, third, etc.groupofpeopleof the sameagein thefamilyto have beenbornin thatcountry:
（一个家庭取得一个国家国籍后在该国家的）第一代／第二代／第三代（等等）
She's a first-generation American(= she wasbornandraisedin the US, but herparentswere not).她是她们家族移民美国后的第一代。
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She is beingacclaimedas thegreatestdancerof her generation.
His is afamilytrade,passeddown from generation to generation.
Thatsongwaspopularwithpeoplefrom my father's generation.
Somediseasesaretransmittedfrom one generation to the next.
He wasprobablythe mostprolificsongwriterof his generation.
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generationnoun(CREATION)
B2[U]
theproductionofenergyin aparticularform:
（能源）产生；发生
electricitygeneration fromwindandwavepower风能和波能发电
[U]
theactionofcausingsomething toexist:
There is acarefullyplannedgeneration ofexcitementsurroundingeachsoftwarerelease.
Coal is still therawmaterialused for most of the UK'selectricitygeneration.
generationnoun(PRODUCT)
B2[C,+ sing/pl verb]
agroupofproductsormachinesthat are all at the samestageofdevelopment
（产品或机器的）一代
anewgeneration oflow-fatmargarines新一代的低脂肪人造黄油
Scientists areworkingondevelopingthenextgeneration of supercomputers.科学家们正致力于研发下一代的超级计算机。
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generation
noun
generationnoun(GROUP)
[C]us/ˌdʒen·əˈreɪ·ʃən/
all thepeopleof about the sameagewithin asocietyor within aparticularfamily, or theusualperiodoftimefrom a person’sbirthto thebirthof his or herchildren:
the last/next generation
There were three generations at thewedding–grandparents,parents, andchildren.
Thisfarmhas been in thefamilyfor generations.
[C]us/ˌdʒen·əˈreɪ·ʃən/
A generation is also agroupofproductsormachinesthat are all at the samestageofdevelopment:
The potential for care and support can usefully be encouraged across the generations.
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My tentative reconstruction suggests six generations, including the apical forefather, before the 1904 men.
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The main quantitative study was a sample of families where three adult members from different generations were interviewed in 1992.
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They also understate the coherence of societal relations which bind members of different life course stages or of (coeval) generations.
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The image we are presented with is one of successor generations ' moving across ' historical time.
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In-depth interviews were used to collect information about at least three generations in each family.
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What might be learned and transmitted within and between generations?
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A beneficial effect is an aspect of an adaptation that increases the probability that its carrier's alleles will have copies in succeeding generations.
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Nevertheless, visual selection generally would have taken place in the previous generations, successfully removing the least suitable agronomic types.
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In some cases, alate morphs are produced and these disperse before ovipositing eggs that develop into further apterous generations.
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There were probably two generations of this species in the last three months of the survey.
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Because of that, the number of parasitoid generations was found to be equal to the number of midge generations.
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The language loses its prestige among the speakers themselves, especially in the younger generations.
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In addition, it is the minority language that showed a sharp decline in use across generations, in favor of the majority language.
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Here is one more attempt to persuade the world that an ageing population will not necessarily impose an intolerable burden on younger generations.
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coal-fired generation
It was inevitably going to be smaller, but in my judgment there would always be a market for coal-fired generation.
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coming generation
It is one of the finest educations in the world, and it is the real university for thecominggeneration.
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countless generations
What we are called upon to learn has been filtered through the minds and bodies of countless generations of learners.
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