generation, age, period
这三个词共同的意思是“时期”。它们的区别是：
period是这组词中最一般的常用术语,用于任何时限,时间可长可短; age意为“时代,寿命”,常用来表示以一个中心人物或显著特征而闻名的时期; generation意为“代、世代”,用于上辈出世与下辈出世之间的时段,对人类来说这段时间有时可算作20年或25年,也可用于下辈本身。例如:
The period in which people learnt to make tools of iron is called the Iron Age.人类学会用铁制造工具的时代,我们称为“铁器时代”。
My generation behaves differently from my father's and grandfather's.我这一代人和我父辈及祖辈表现不同。
The story is passed on from generation to generation in the village.
这故事在村民中世代相传.
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This stark image will remain etched in the memory of a generation of Berliners.
这种荒凉的景象将深深铭刻在一代柏林人的记忆中。
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A generation ago genetic codes were certainly unknown.
遗传密码在上一代确实很少有人知道.
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a movie that is sure to bridge the generation gap
肯定能弥合代沟的一部电影
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Tim seems to have escaped the cynicism which is the absolute plague of our generation.
蒂姆好像并没有染上我们这代人愤世嫉俗的通病。
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The idea of handing down his knowledge from generation to generation is important to McLean.
把自己的知识一代代传下去的想法对麦克莱恩来说很重要。
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A generation ago, it was thought that babies born this small could not survive.
20多年前,人们认为这么大点儿的新生儿是活不下来的.
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As generation gap exists, we must bear in mind that the younger people might not like that idea.
因为有代沟的存在, 所以我们必须记住,年轻人可能不喜欢这个想法.
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He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
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Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.
蒸汽和水力可用来发电.
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Manufacturers are working on a new generation of cheaper digital radios.
制造商正在研制价格更便宜的新一代数字收音机。
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The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation.
现任领导层必须决定是否应退居二线，把重任移交给更为年轻的一代。
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True visionaries are often misunderstood by their own generation.
真正有远见卓识者往往受同时代人的误解.
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These personality traits get passed on from generation to generation.
这些性格特征代代相传。
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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。
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They are a lost generation in search of an identity.
他们属于迷惘的一代，想要找寻自我。
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Do you want to bridge the generation gap?
你想弥合代沟 吗 ?
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He belongs to my father's generation.
他比我长一辈.
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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。
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The state places great hopes on the younger generation.
国家对青年一代寄予很大的希望.
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Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.
福克纳被誉为他那一代人中最伟大的美国小说家。
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The British nation has not risen up in a generation.
英国民族并非在一代时期崛起.
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Each generation surpasses the preceding one.
一代更比一代强.
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This happened a generation ago.
这件事发生在30年前.
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