one in a small town or
village (尤指小城镇或乡村的）
杂货店
.general 'strike noun a period of time when
most or all of the workers in a country go on strike 总罢工 geil.er.ate 〇■»» /'dsenareit/ verf7.[VN] to produce or create sth 生；引起：to generate etectricfty/heat/power 发电；产(生热 / 动.力1 ◊
to generate fncome/pro/?t 产生收益 / 利_ 润◊ We need someone
to generate new ideas•我们需要有人出新主意。
◊
77ie proposal has generated a iot 〇/ interest.这项建议
引起众多的关注。〇 note at make
gen-er-ation l>if /.dsena'reij'n/ noun 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] all the
people who were born at about the same time (统称 > 一代人，同代人，同辈人：the younger/oWer generation 每会的一代；老^* 辈◊ My generation have grown up without the experience of a worW war.我这一代人在成长过程中没有经历过世界
大战。〇 I often wonder
what future generations will make 〇/our e#orts.我常常想：后代将怎样评价我们所作
■出的努力.* 2 [C] the average time in
which children
grow up, become adults and
have children of their own (usually considered to be about 30 years)代，一代一
辈（通常认为大约30年）：a
generation ago —代人以前
◊
My/amfZy have Hved in t/zis house/or generations•我 家祖祖辈辈都住在这房子里。3 {C, U] a single stage
in the history of a family (家史中的：.J 一代，一辈：stories passed down from generation to generation ft 的故事々 a ^/Yrst-Aecoiui-ge/ieration American (〒 a person whose family has lived in America for
one/two generations)第一 /第二代美国人U家人在美国居住了一、
二代.者）4 K，usually sing.] a group of people of similar age
involved in a particulax activity —批，.一届（从事
特定活动的同龄人'):She has inspired a whoZe
generation o//〇5/iion scftooZ graduates•她激励了 整整一 届时装
学校的 _业生。5 [C，usually sing.] a .stage in the development of a
product， usually a technical one
(产品发 展，尤指技采方面的）代：jl/yi-gener*ationcomputing氣 五代计算机技术◊ a new generation o/vehide新一代交 通运输工具 6 [U]
the production of sth，especially electricity, heat, etc. ( 尤指电 、热 等的) —生： the
generation 〇/ dectri'dfy
发电 ◊
methods 〇/ mcome
generation 产生收益的方法
gen-eration-al /.dsena'reijanl/ adj.
[usually before noun] connected with a particular generation or with the relationship
between different generations —代的； 代与代
之间的：generationaZ cornet两代人之间的沖突
the generation gap noun [s\ng] the difference in
attitude or behaviour between young and older people that causes a lack of
understanding 代沟；两代人之间
的隔阂：a moWe that is sure to bridge the
generation g叩肯定能弥合代沟的一部电影
Generation 'X noun [U] the group of people
who were bom between the early 1960s and the middle of the 1970s, who seem to
lack a sense of direction in life and to feel that they have no part to play in
society * X 代（20世纪60年代初至70代年中期出生，感到失落
的人）
gen-era-tive /'d3enar8tiv/ adj. (formal) that can produce
sth有生产的；能生产的；备生殖力的：generative processes生产过程
.generative 'grammar noun [c, U] {linguistics
i^W) a type of grammar which describes a language by giving a set of rules
which can be used to produce all the possible sentences in that language 生成语法 gen.er.ator /'d3enareit9(r)/ noun
1 a machine for producing
electricity 发 4 机：The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. X[~ %
机在停电期间用上了。a vvfnd genemtoK(_= a machine that uses the power of
the wind to produce electricity) 风力发电机 2
a machine for producing a particular substance 灰生器：The museum uses smells and smoke generators to create
atmosphere•博物馆利用气味和烟雾
发生器制造气氛。◊ (//；gwraf/Ve) 77ie company is a
major generator 〇/jobs.这彖公司创迤了相当矣的就业机会。
3 [Br£) a company that produces
electricity to sell to
the public 电力公'司：the
英国主要的电力公司
gen-er-ic /d38'nerik/ adj. 1 shared by, including or
typical of a whole group of things; not specific —般 而厂普通的；通用的：Vine is the generic term /or
currents and misins.'* vine fruit是有核和充核葡萄干的
通称1 2 (of a product, especially a drug 产品，允指药
物）not using the name of the company that made it 无 '广象商标的无商标的："Hie doctor oj^ered me a choice 〇/a
branded or a generic drug.医生让我选择用有商标的
运是没有商标的药物。► gen.er.ic.al.ly
/d33_nerikli/ fldv. gen-er-os-ity /,d3ene'rDS0ti; NAmE -'ra:s-/ noun [U, sing.] ~ (to/towards sb) the fact of being
generous (= willing to give sb money, gifts, time or kindness freely广廉‘概；
.大方；宽宏大量：ffe treated them with
generosity and thought加ness.他待他们宽容大度，体貼周到。
gen-er〇US /'d3enaras/ adj. (approving)
*1
〜（with sth) giving or willing to give beely;
given freely慷慨的；大方的；慷慨给予的：a generous benefactor
慷慨的 捐助者 ◊ to be
generous with your rime 不 吝惜时间◊ to be
generous m giving he中系于助人◊ .a generous 丰厚的礼物；慷慨的無议◊ Jt was
generous 〇/him to
o#er to pay/or us both.他主动为我
们俩付钱，真是大务。033 mean 2 more than is
necessary; large 丰富的；充足的;大的 PCT71
lavish： a generous heZpin^ 〇/ .meat
—大份肉◊ The. car has
a generous amount 〇/space.这辆汽车的空间很大3 kind in the way you
treat people; willing to see what is good about sb/sth宽厚的；宽宏夫量的；仁慈的：a generous mind 宽阔'的 怀◊ He wrote a very generous 〇5sessment 〇/my work.他给我写的工作评价多有赞誉之词。►generously fle/v.: PZease give
generously•请慷慨施与 。 ◊ a dress that is generously cut (= uses plenty of
material) 用料多的连衣裙
gen-esis /'d3enasis/ noun [sing.] (formal) the beginning or origin of sth开端；创始；起源
genet /'dsenit/ noun a wild animal similar to
a cat but with a longer tail and body and a pointed head. Genets are found in
'gene therapy noun [U] (medical E)
a treatment in which normal genes are
put into cells to replace ones that are missing or not normal 基因疗法；基画治疗
gen-et-ic /d30'netik/ adj. connected with genes (= the units in the cells of a
living thing that control its physical characteristics) or genetics (= the study of genes) 基因的；遗传学的：genetic and enWronmentaZ
/actors 遗传素◊ generic abnormalities 基 S 异常 ► gen-et-ic-aMy /-kli/ adv. ： genetically engineered/ determfneci/trcmsmitted转基因的；.由基因决定的；遗
传的
ge.netically 'modified adj. {abbr. GM) (of a plant, etc.)
having had its genetic structure changed artificially, so that it will produce
more fruit or not be affected by disease (植物等）转基因的，基因改良的： genetically modified
foods
(= made from plants that have been changed in this way)转基因食.品
ge.netic 'code noun the arrangement of genes that controls how each living
thing will develop 遗传密码 ge,netic .engi neering noun [u] the science of
changing how a living creature or plant develops by changing the information in
its genes■遗传工程（參）
ge.netic fingerprinting (also ,DNA fingerprinting) noun [U] the method of
finding the particular pattern of genes in
an individual person, particularly to identify sb or find out if sb has
committed a crime 基因指纹盛 定;遗传指纹法►ge.netic 'fingerprint /7〇wn gen-eti-cist
/d38'netisist/ noun a
scientist who studies genetics遗传学家
gen-et-ics /d3a'netiks/ noun
[U] the scientific study of the ways in which different characteristics are
passed from each generation of living things to the next 遗传学 Geneva Convention /d3a,ni:v0 kan'venXn/ noun
[sing.] an international agreement which states how prisoners of war should be treated 日内 瓦公约 （有关战俘
待遇的国际协定）