generational
generational — 形容詞
- generationalpositive
- more generationalcomparative
- most generationalsuperlative
1. describing something that affects, divides, or is shared by people of one age gr
世代的
與世代相關或在世代之間傳遞的
describing something that affects, divides, or is shared by people of one age group or by people of different age groups within a family or society
Reuben argued with his grandmother about climate change, and the generational gap between them was clear.
Reuben 跟奶奶為了氣候變遷吵架，兩人之間的世代差距顯而易見。
generational gap / generational divide
The family bakery has been passed down through four generational shifts since 1902.
這家家族麵包店自一九〇二年以來已經傳了四個世代。
attributive use: generational + noun
Yumi noticed generational differences in how her parents and her teenage cousins used smartphones.
Yumi 發現她爸媽和青少年表弟妹在使用智慧型手機上有明顯的世代差異。
Researchers warn that generational poverty in the village will be hard to break without better schools.
研究人員警告，村裡的世代貧窮問題若沒有更好的學校，將很難打破。
Olivia and her father bonded over a generational love of old jazz records.
Olivia 和爸爸因為對老爵士唱片有著跨世代的共同喜愛而更加親近。
- intergenerational
more formal; emphasises something happening between two or more generations
- hereditary
narrower; biological or family inheritance only
- ancestral
looks back through many past generations; more emotive
文法句型
generational + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively before a noun (generational gap, generational wealth, generational trauma); rarely follows 'be'. Often signals an inherited or shared trait across parents and children, or a divide separating two age cohorts.