一代人

Asked about the life her step-son's generation can be expected to live, she flares up briefly, arguing that such emoting is unhelpful: I don't know which way we're going to come out.

当被问及她认为自己的继子那一代人会过上什么样的生活时，她突然有点生气，表示这种感情用事是于事无补的：我不知道最终我们会取得什么样的结果。

Shen fabricates a new type of "father"; this father is not the collective fatherly figure as imagined in the eyes of the older generation. This father figure is his and no one else's.

申 大鹏创作了一个新的&父亲&，这个父亲不再是上一代人眼中的代表很多中国人的集体父亲，而只是他一个人的父亲。

Shen fabricates a new type of "father"; this father is not the collective fatherly figure as imagined in the eyes of the older generation. This father figure is his and no one elses.

申 大鹏创作了一个新的&父亲&，这个父亲不再是上一代人眼中的代表很多中国人的集体父亲，而只是他一个人的父亲。

As long as different generations can understand each other and avoid foisting their own views and values on others, there will be fewer conflicts and more harmony between the generations.

只要不同代的人能够相互理解，避免强迫另一代人接受自己的观点，那么异辈之间就会有更少的矛盾冲突，更多的和睦相处。

In his generation money was thought of as a tangible commodity --- bullion, bank notes, coins --- that could be hefted, carried, or stolen.

在他那一代人的眼里，金钱是一种有形的商品——金条，钞票和硬币——可以称重，携带和被偷。

In his generation money was thought of as a tangible commodity --- bullion, bank notes, coins --- that could be hefted, carried, or stolen.

在他那一代人看来，金钱被当成一种有形的商品——金块，纸币，硬币——这些都是能够掂量的，携带的或者偷窃的。

If the human gene pool can be seen as a sort of species-wide natural resource, it's only sensible for the rarest of those genes to be husbanded most carefully, preserved so that every generation may enjoy their benefits.

如果人类的基因库被视为一种物种的自然来源，那么明智的做法就是要倍加小心地去培养、保护那些最罕见的基因。这样，每一代人都会从中受益。

At least one generation idolized him, and sometimes openly copied him.

至少有一代人崇拜他，有时候公开的模仿他。

AIDS has stolen a generation and imperiled the future.

爱滋病夺走了一代人，威胁着人类的未来。

In the same way, we never thought to ask, How will our lives, our way of thinking, be changed by this internet, which has seduced a whole generation with its inanities so that even quite reasonable people will confess that once they are hooked, it is hard to cut free, and they may find a whole day has passed in blogging etc.

正如我们从来没有自我约束，从来没有问过的那样：我们，我们的心灵，随着新的互联网发生了怎样的变化。整个一代人已经被诱惑到一种虚拟的生活中，甚至很理性的人也承认，一旦他们上钩了，就很难摆脱出来，他们可能一整天泡在部落格里，泡在网虫堆里。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。