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单词 Silent Generation
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Definition of Silent Generation in English:

Silent Generation

noun
  • The generation of people born before that of the baby boomers (roughly from the mid 1920s to the mid 1940s), perceived to tend towards conformism or restraint in their outlook and behaviour.

    even when the Silent Generation was young, their motto was ‘waste not, want not’

Origin

1951: coined in an article in Time magazine.

 
 

Definition of Silent Generation in US English:

Silent Generation

noun
  • The generation of people born before that of the baby boomers (roughly from the mid 1920s to the mid 1940s), perceived to tend towards conformism or restraint in their outlook and behavior.

    even when the Silent Generation was young, their motto was “waste not, want not”

Origin

1951: coined in an article in Time magazine.

 
 
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