n.

1. 世代，一代 [C]
   The antiques have been handed down to them from one generation to another.

   这些古董世代相传传到了他们手里。

2. 同时代的人，一代人；一代事物；（电脑、音响、武器系统等的）代[C][G]
   Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry will spend $46 million on its Fifth Generation Computer Project this year.

   日本国际贸易工业部今年将花四千六百万美元在第五代电脑计划上。

   first generation

   第一代

   When did the first generation computers become obsolete?

   第一代电脑是什么时候淘汰的？

3. 产生，发生，衍生[U]
   The waterfall can be used for the generation of electricity.

   这瀑布可用以发电。

n.

1. all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.
   ▸the average period in which children grow up and have children of their own (usually reckoned as about thirty years).
2. a set of members of a family regarded as a single step or stage in descent.
   ▸a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity:

   a new generation of actors and directors.
3. the action of producing or generating.
   ▸the propagation of living organisms; procreation.
4. a single stage in the development of a product.