世代 meaning in Chinese
1.(好几辈子) for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation
2.(年代) an epoch or era
3.[生物学] generation
◇世代间隔 generation interval; 世代交替 [生物学] alternation of generations; degenesis; metagenesis
Examples
- My people have lived here for generations .
我家世世代代都是住在这里。 - He could not really forget such tradition .
他的确不能把世代传统置诸脑后。 - She comes of a peasant strain .
她出身于世代农家。 - The embryo thus represents the beginning of the new sporophytic generation .
胚代表新孢子体世代的开始。 - Yonder sky has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold .
数不尽的世代以来，渺渺苍天曾为我同胞们洒下多少同情之泪。