名詞 generation:

1. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
   同義詞：coevals, contemporaries
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
   同義詞：genesis
6. the production of heat or electricity
7. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
   同義詞：multiplication, propagation

1. One generation blows bubbles, and the next breaks them.
   前一代人制造出來的空洞理論，下一代人把它們打破。
2. Their visionary ideas are often misunderstood by their own generation.
   他們的理想往往招致同時代人的誤解。
3. Many representatives of the older generation were there.
   老一輩的各類人都在那里。
4. There is a generation gap between my parents and I.
   我父母和我之間有代溝。
5. The revival of our country depends on our young generation.
   我們國家的復興要靠我們年輕的一代。
6. We should be responsible for the generation as yet unborn.
   我們應該對下一代負責。
7. My generation behaves differently from my father's.
   我們這一代人的所作所為和我父親的那一代人不同。

gen.er.a.tion

n.（名詞）
All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor:
家族的一代：源于同一祖先且輩份相同的所有的后代：
例句：
Mother and daughters represent two generations.
母親和女兒們代表了兩代人

Biology A form or stage in the life cycle of an organism:
【生物學】 （生物）世代：一個有機體生命循環(huán)的一種狀態(tài)或階段：
例句：
asexual generation of a fern.
蕨類植物的無性狀態(tài)

The average interval of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring.
世代，代：父母的出世和他們后代的誕生間的一段平均間隔時間

A group of individuals born and living about the same time.
一代人，同代人：出生或生活在同一時代的一批人
A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes:
同時代人：被認為具有共同的文化或社會特點和態(tài)度的大體上處于同一時代的一批人：
例句：
.They`re the television generation.(Roger Enrico)
.他們是電視族.(羅杰·恩里科)

A period of sequential technological development and innovation.
階段：持續(xù)的技術發(fā)展和革新的一段時期
A class of objects derived from a preceding class:
衍生代，衍生物：從先前的一個種類里衍生的一類事物：
例句：
a new generation of computers.
電腦的新生代

The act or process of generating; origination, production, or procreation.
產(chǎn)生，生殖：產(chǎn)生的行為或過程；起源、生產(chǎn)或生殖

【引伸】
genera.tional
adj.（形容詞）