世世代代：generation怎么用

The book is in the stormy times in the idea of sailing ships, which carefully the precious cargo to generation after generation.                                                                            ——Bacon

书籍是在时代的波涛中航行的思想之船，它小心翼翼地把珍贵的货物运送给一代又一代。

                                                                                                                   ——培根

一、关于generation，你应该知道的用法有

n.

1.代；一代，世代；一代人；同时代的人 [C]

When did the first generation computers become obsolete?

第一代电脑是什么时候淘汰的？

2.产生，发生 [U]

The generation of interference fringes is then seemingly a very convenient measure of the coherence.

于是干涉条纹的产生看来是相干性最方便的量度。

二、你知道generation和哪些词更搭吗？

spontaneous generation

n. 自然发生

generation gap

n.代沟

beat generation

n. 美国二战后出生的,服饰奇特,行为乖僻的一代

三、学会generation的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧

A generation without a cause in its youth has no legacy in its old age.

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