sandwich generation

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈsæn.wɪdʒ dʒen.əˌreɪ.ʃən]
• 美式音标 [ˈsæn.wɪtʃ dʒen.əˌreɪ.ʃən]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 三明治一代（同時扶養與照顧父母和子女的人）

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• Those in the sandwich generation often feel more stress than any other age group.
  那些屬於“三明治的一代”的人經常要比別的年齡層的人受到更多的壓力。
• Members of the sandwich generation are usually at the peak of their professional careers and looking forward to some personal time.
  三明治世代的成員通常正值他們事業的顛峰，渴望能有一些屬於個人的時間。
• Some people argue that a better national health care plan would help ease the financial burden of the sandwich generation because keeping older people healthy costs a lot more money.
  這個人發表意見說：“有的人認爲，一個比較好的全國保健計劃就能減輕那些上有老，下有小的那代人的經濟負擔，因爲要保持老人身躰健康得花好多錢。”

權威例句

• Sandwich generation women struggle to finish raising their own kids while keeping their parents safe.
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• This verdict sent shivers down the backs of everyone in the sandwich generation.
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• Gilmour calls Gen X the Sandwich Generation.
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词组短语

短語

• club -sandwich generation 多層三明治一代
• The sandwich generation 第十四篇

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• a way of referring to the group of people who have old parents as well as young children, so they have to take care both of their parents and of their children