generation
gb/d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən/ us/d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 1400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
entity
1
people of similar age period
A group of people born around the same time.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[a/an/the] generation of [people]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'generation' with 'era' or 'century', but 'generation' refers to people, not just time periods.
คำพ้องความหมาย
age group (More general term for people of similar ages, not necessarily tied to historical period.)
|
cohort (Often used in formal or academic contexts to mean a group with shared time-based characteristics.)
คำตรงข้าม
different generation (Refers to people from another age group or time period.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
younger generation
|older generation
|next generation
|new generation
|generation gap
หัวข้อ
society
|family
|demographics
|relationships
|time
ตัวอย่าง
- The younger generation is more comfortable with technology.
- My grandparents’ generation lived through the war.
- A new generation of leaders is emerging in politics.
- There is often a gap between generations in values and attitudes.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My generation uses smartphones every day.
- Her parents are from an older generation.
- A new generation will face new problems.
- We have different ideas from the older generation.
คำนาม
B2
action
2
act of producing something
The act of making or producing something.
รูปแบบการใช้:
generation of [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'generation' with 'generator', but 'generation' is the process, not the device.
คำพ้องความหมาย
production (More general term for making goods, energy, or other outputs.)
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creation (Focuses on bringing something into existence, often less industrial.)
คำตรงข้าม
consumption (Refers to using up what has been produced.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
power generation
|generation of electricity
|generation of income
|generation of ideas
หัวข้อ
technology
|energy
|production
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Solar panels are used for the generation of electricity.
- The project focuses on the generation of new ideas.
- Modern technology allows for faster data generation.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Wind power helps in the generation of clean energy.
- The machine is for the generation of heat.
- We need the generation of more jobs.
คำนาม
B2
quantity
3
time span between parent and child births
The usual time (about 20–30 years) between when parents and their children are born.
คำพ้องความหมาย
age interval (General term for a period between two events in life cycles.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
within a generation
|over generations
หัวข้อ
family
|time
|relationships
ตัวอย่าง
- It took just one generation for the town to change completely.
- In less than two generations, technology has transformed our lives.
- They have lived here for many generations.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- In one generation, many things can change.
- My family has been here for four generations.
- A generation is about twenty-five years.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
generation
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən/
US/d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
gen - er - a - tion (4 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (er)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: generation
- Plural: generation, generations
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
new generation
1/njˈu d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
most recent group of people or things
The most recent group of people or things of a type.
ตัวอย่าง
- A new generation of athletes is winning medals.
- This car is part of a new generation of electric vehicles.
next generation
1/nˈɛkst d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən/
fixed phrase
people or things coming next in time
The people or products that will come after the current ones.
ตัวอย่าง
- We are developing the next generation of smartphones.
- The next generation will face different challenges.
generation gap
1/d͡ʒˌɛnɚˈeɪʃən ɡˈæp/
fixed phrase
differences between age groups' views and habits
A difference in opinions or ways of living between older and younger people.
ตัวอย่าง
- There is a big generation gap in music tastes.
- The generation gap can cause misunderstandings at work.
- The internet has widened the generation gap.
- Music tastes often show the generation gap.