单词
first-generation
释义
first-generationadjective[only before noun]uk
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used todescribethe firstproductortechnologyof aparticulartypeto bedeveloped:first-generation device/product/technologyPeople are oftenhesitanttospenda lot ofmoneyon a first-generationdevice.See alsosecond-generationthird-generation(Definition offirst-generationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffirst-generation
first-generationEach earthly body is followed by a set offirst-generationresurrection counterparts (infirst-generationuniverses).From theCambridge English CorpusQuality of life in schizophrenia: a multicenter, naturalistic, controlled trial comparing olanzapine tofirst-generationantipsychotics.From theCambridge English CorpusThe main drawback of thefirst-generationsystems is the restricted view of the direct list matching inferences.From theCambridge English CorpusThe lack of sensitivity and specificity, associated withfirst-generationassays, and the absence of confirmatory tests necessitates that the resulting data be interpreted with care.From theCambridge English CorpusNevertheless, early cost-effectiveness assessments, based onfirst-generationdevices, have not been encouraging.From theCambridge English CorpusFirst, our mapping population consisted of an interspecificfirst-generationbackcross, which could generate some bias.From theCambridge English CorpusThe tips of the merozoites were not as sharpened as those of thefirst-generationmerozoites.From theCambridge English CorpusEachfirst-generationcounterpart is followed by a set of second-generation resurrection counterparts (in second-generation universes).From theCambridge English CorpusProvincial culture matured to serve local economic needs and clothefirst-generationwealth - and thereby local pride provided a supply of regional geologists.From theCambridge English CorpusThey had nothing to inherit, whether they werefirst-generationmigrants or descendants of earlier migrants.From theCambridge English CorpusThefirst-generationmen and especially the women have average scores well over 100, strongly suggesting front, non-fully open variants were predominant in their speech already.From theCambridge English CorpusThefirst-generationloss is normally in the order of 25-30 per cent.From theCambridge English CorpusFigure 1 shows the basic building blocks of thefirst-generationsystems.From theCambridge English CorpusWe therefore reared and tested the susceptibility offirst-generationprogeny of surviving, sugar-deprived flies.From theCambridge English CorpusThose who became infected directly from the index case were regarded asfirst-generationcases.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/first-generation##
