| 单词 | greatest generation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreatest Generation Greatest Generation n. U.S. (also with lower-case initials) the generation of Americans reaching adulthood during the Second World War (1939–45). ΚΠ 1943 C. G. Sampas in Lowell (Mass.) Sun 7 Dec. 15/7 I think, with all my heart and all my mind, that is truly the greatest generation this nation ever had. The sacrifices its youth made shall live forever. 1998 T. Brokaw Greatest Generation p. xxx I said, ‘I think this is the greatest generation any society has ever produced.’] 2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 15 May 62/3 The book and show are full of greatest-generation patriotism..but tempered with fever-dream memories. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 1 Oct. 42/1 When we say war and think war, we're invoking it in a grander more classic, Greatest Generation sense—that is, to occupy, subjugate, and, ultimately, reform. 2004 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 15 Jan. vi. 8 No one can stick a ‘greedy geriatrics’ label on the Greatest Generation without acknowledging that the Me Generation will be demanding far more than a free cup of Starbucks coffee. < as lemmas |
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