1. We belong to the same generation.
    我们是同龄人。

2. 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。

3. 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计算机计划上。

4. When did the first generation computers become obsolete?
    第一代计算机是什么时候淘汰的？

5. The waterfall can be used for the generation of electricity.
    这瀑布可用以发电。

1. （尤指经历或观点相同的）一代人，同代人，同辈人
    A generation is all the people in a group or country who are of a similar age, especially when they are considered as having the same experiences or attitudes.

    e.g. ...the younger generation of Party members...
           年轻一代的党员
    e.g. David Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.
           长期以来，戴维·马梅特一直被视为同代人中最杰出的美国剧作家。

2. 代，一代，一辈（通常认为大约是30年）
    A generation is the period of time, usually considered to be about thirty years, that it takes for children to grow up and become adults and have children of their own.

    e.g. Within a generation flight has become the method used by many travellers.
           就在不到一代人的时间里，坐飞机已经成了很多旅行者的出行方式。

3. （机械设备的设计和制造的）代
    You can use generation to refer to a stage of development in the design and manufacture of machines or equipment.

    e.g. ...a new generation of IBM/Apple computers.
           新一代的IBM/苹果电脑

4. （表示家庭成员拥有某国国籍的时间长短情况）第…代的
    Generation is used to indicate how long members of your family have had a particular nationality. For example, second generation means that you were born in the country you live in, but your parents were not.

    e.g. ...second generation Asians in Britain...
           英国的第二代亚洲移民
    e.g. She is a first generation American.
           她是第一代美国移民。

5. （能源的）产生
    Generation is also the production of a form of energy or power from fuel or another source of power such as water.

generation的反义词

    e.g. Japan has announced plans for a sharp rise in its nuclear power generation.
           日本宣布了大幅增加核能发电的计划。

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

    Synonym: multiplicationpropagation

2. the production of heat or electricity

    e.g. dams were built for the generation of electricity

3. a coming into being

    Synonym: genesis

4. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

5. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

    Synonym: coevalscontemporaries

6. the normal time between successive generations

    e.g. they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade

7. a stage of technological development or innovation

    e.g. the third generation of computers