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gen·er·a·tion AHD[jĕn'ə-rāʹshən] D.J.[ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən]K.K.[ˌdʒɛnəˈreʃən]n.（名词）- All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor:家族的一代：源于同一祖先且辈份相同的所有的后代：Mother and daughters represent two generations.母亲和女儿们代表了两代人
- Biology A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism:【生物学】 （生物）世代：一个有机体生命循环的一种状态或阶段：asexual generation of a fern.蕨类植物的无性状态
- The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.世代，代：父母的出世和他们后代的诞生间的一段平均间隔时间
- A group of individuals born and living about the same time.一代人，同代人：出生或生活在同一时代的一批人
- A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes:同时代人：被认为具有共同的文化或社会特点和态度的大体上处于同一时代的一批人："They're the television generation"(Roger Enrico)“他们是电视族”(罗杰·恩里科)
- A period of sequential technological development and innovation.阶段：持续的技术发展和革新的一段时期
- A class of objects derived from a preceding class:衍生代，衍生物：从先前的一个种类里衍生的一类事物：a new generation of computers.电脑的新生代
- The act or process of generating; origination, production, or procreation.产生，生殖：产生的行为或过程；起源、生产或生殖
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