generations

英[dʒenə'reɪʃnz] 美[dʒenə'reɪʃnz]
  • n. 世代
名词 generation:
  1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

  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

  6. the production of heat or electricity

  7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

1. Family photos spanning five generations were stolen.
一家五代人的照片失窃了。

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2. How can we best serve the needs of future generations?
我们怎样才最能满足后代子孙的需要?

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3. The play represents the collision of three generations.
该剧表现了3代人之间的冲突。

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4. Social customs provide a vital link between generations.
社会风俗在代与代之间起到了极其重要的纽带作用。

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5. Strands of DNA are reproduced through succeeding generations.
DNA(脱氧核糖核酸)链通过后代得到复制。

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6. 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。

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7. The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations.
这座房子属于她家已有三四代了。

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8. The family ruled for several generations and evidently loved the trappings of power.
那个家族统治了好几代,他们显然喜爱权力带来的虚饰。

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9. While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations.
虽然这两位年龄上只有几天之差,但他们好像属于完全不同年代的人。

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10. Compared to people living only a few generations ago, we have greater opportunities to have a good time.
与生活在仅仅几代之前的人相比,我们有更大的过得快乐的机会。

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11. The book entwines the personal and the political to chart the history of four generations of the family.
这本书交织描述了这个家族四代人的个人及政治的历史。

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12. She said if the world did not act conclusively now, it would only bequeath the problem to future generations.
她说如果这个世界现在不采取正确的行动,那只会把问题遗留给后代。

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13. We shall be known better than any preceding generations.
我们将比前几代人更出名。

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14. Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping.
经过五代人的耕耘,这片土地太湿了,不适合种植农作物。

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15. Monsanto argues that its patents extend to later generations.
孟山都公司认为它的专利延伸到了后代。

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16. Altemose's family has farmed in the Pocono area for generations.
阿尔特莫斯一家世世代代在波科诺地区务农。

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17. Within a few generations most had forgotten their native tongues.
几代之后,大多数人都已经忘记了自己的母语。

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18. There seems to be much less difference than in previous generations.
与前几代人相比,差异似乎小得多。

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19. Smoothed flat by generations of wind and rain, they glitter in the sun.
它们被一代代的风雨磨平,在阳光下闪闪发光。

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20. Three generations of the family have been born and brought up in this old house.
这个家族的三代人都是在这栋老房子里出生和成长的。

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21. They are not bound—as were previous generations of humans—by what they were taught.
他们不像前几代人那样,被他们所受的教育所束缚。

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22. Such momentary thoughts were represented in words and passed down across generations.
这种瞬间的想法通过文字表达出来,代代相传。

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23. The old generations who are accustomed to everything of the past are hostile to change.
习惯了过去的一切的老一代人反对改变。

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24. Generations of talented educators have given Nanjing Normal University a fine reputation.
一代代优秀的教育者造就了南京师范大学的良好声誉。

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25. Thanks to film, future generations will know the 20th century more intimately than any other period.
由于电影的出现,未来几代人对20世纪的了解将比对以往任何时期的了解都更加深入。

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26. It reproduces incredibly quickly, breeding up to 12 generations per year if conditions are favorable.
它的繁殖速度快得令人难以置信,在条件适宜时,一年可繁殖12代。

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27. In fact, the slugs use the genetic material so well that they pass it on to their future generations.
事实上,蛞蝓很好地利用了这种遗传物质,并不断地把它传给下一代。

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28. It was found that American youngsters today don't socialize nearly as much as the earlier generations.
研究发现,如今的美国年轻人不像前几代人那样热衷于社交活动。

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29. Generations of writers on management have recognized that some practicing managers rely heavily on intuition.
几代管理方面的作家都认识到,一些实践中的管理者严重依赖直觉。

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30. Were these stories really passed down through the generations or did you contact people and prep them beforehand?
这些故事真的是代代相传的吗,还是你与他们联系,请他们事先准备的呢?

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Generations of urban living sharpened their wits.
      世代居住在城市里使他们磨练了才智。
    2. They transcend national borders and generations.
      它们超越国界及世代。