1·The Mayers have been distinguished doctors for generations.
迈耶一家世代是名医。
2·Though indigenous rainforest dwellers of South America have been using rubber for generations, it was not until 1839 that rubber had its first practical application in the industrial world.
虽然南美洲土生土长的雨林居民世代使用橡胶这种东西，可是直到1839年橡胶才在工业化世界中得到了最早的实际运用。
3·But generations change, power often creates hubris, and appetites sometimes grow with eating.
但是世代变化，权力通常滋生狂妄，吃得越多胃口越大。
4·This has been happening for so many past generations.
这是过去这么多世代一直发生的事情。
5·For the first time in generations there are cows on the streets of Nairobi as nomads like Isaac come to the suburbs with their herds to feed on the verges of roads.
随着像艾萨克这样来到城郊的牧人们带着牛群到路边吃草，多个世代以来，内罗比的大街上第一次有牛群出现。
1·We shall be known better than any preceding generations.
我们将比前几代人更出名。
2·There seems to be much less difference than in previous generations.
与前几代人相比，差异似乎小得多。
3·It was found that American youngsters today don't socialize nearly as much as the earlier generations.
研究发现，如今的美国年轻人不像前几代人那样热衷于社交活动。
4·Their loudest critics argue that the new wave of immigrants cannot, and indeed do not want to, fit in as previous generations did.
他们最激烈的批评者认为，新一波的移民不能、实际上也不想像前几代人那样融入社会。
5·Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum.
强迫学生在一张满是涂鸦，还粘着几代人丢弃的口香糖的桌子上学习几何知识，对于学生来说毫无益处。