intergeneration

IPA/ˌɪn.tə.dʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
IPA/ˌɪn.t̬ɚ.dʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/

intergeneration — 形容詞

  • intergenerationpositive
  • more intergenerationcomparative
  • most intergenerationsuperlative

1. connected with the way people from different age groups — especially younger and

1.形容詞C1
釋義

代際的

不同世代之間的

connected with the way people from different age groups — especially younger and older generations — relate to, affect, or depend on one another within a family, workplace, or society.

例句

Sirin's research examines intergeneration poverty in rural communities across Southeast Asia.

Sirin 的研究探討了東南亞農村地區的「代際貧窮」問題。

attributive use before noun: intergeneration + [abstract noun]

The community centre runs an intergeneration mentoring programme that pairs retirees with local teenagers.

該社區中心舉辦了一項代際指導計劃，讓退休人士與當地青少年配對。

collocation: intergeneration mentoring / intergeneration programme

同義詞
  • intergenerational

    the more common, fully inflected form; 'intergeneration' is a shorter variant used mainly in academic and policy writing

  • cross-generational

    emphasises movement or activity across age groups, often in social-programme contexts

  • multigenerational

    implies three or more generations are involved, whereas 'intergeneration' can describe a two-way link

反義詞
  • intragenerational

    describing something that happens within a single generation, not between generations

文法句型

intergeneration + noun

用法筆記

Always placed before the noun it modifies (e.g. intergeneration dialogue, intergeneration transfer). Unlike many adjectives, it has no comparative or superlative forms — a situation is intergeneration or it is not.

常見錯誤

❌The gap between our generations is intergeneration.
✅This is an intergeneration gap.
💡'intergeneration' is attributive only; it must be followed by a noun.
❌This issue is more intergeneration than that one.
✅This issue is intergeneration, while that one affects only one age group.
💡no comparative forms exist for this adjective.