generation gap

基本解释

• n. 代沟（两代人之间的隔阂）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Both parents and teenagers must try to bridge the generation gap between them.
  父母和青少年双方必须尽力弥合代沟。
• We often hear about the “generation gap” that occurs between parents and children when it comes to music, morals, fashion and a host of other things.
  我们总能听到父母和孩子之间存在“代沟”，音乐、道德准则、时尚以及很多事情上双方看法都不同。
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• But this divide—what William Frey of the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, calls “the cultural generation gap”—is very much wider in some states and cities.
  美国华盛顿布鲁克林研究所的威廉•弗雷称此种文化代沟在某些州和城市的分化影响更大。

原声例句

• The generation gap in our country is so huge that it's hard to make a compromise."

权威例句

• One of her customers was a 34-year-old IT guy, so maybe they bridged a generation gap.
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• Interestingly, the revenue generation gap between iPad and iPhone has been narrowing as well.
  FORBES: Android Apps Closing The Revenue Gap With iOS Apps Rapidly
• And there is a yawning generation gap: 55% of 18-29-year-olds support gay marriage, but only 21% of those over 65.
  ECONOMIST: Gay marriage

词组短语

短语

• generation n gap 代沟
• Deepening generation gap 加深的代沟
• a generation gap 代沟
• What Is Generation Gap 什么是代沟
• Despite The Generation Gap 尽管代沟

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to the generation gap, you are referring to a difference in attitude and behaviour between older people and younger people, which may cause them to argue or may prevent them from understanding each other fully.

专业释义

经济学

• 代沟