generate

generate
verb
  1. [with obj.]cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about
    引发(某种情感);造成(某种情况);使…发生
    changes which are likely to generate controversy.
    可能引起争议的变化。
    the income generated by the sale of council houses.
    出售市建住房带来的收入。
    ■produce (energy, especially electricity)
    产生(能量,尤指电)
    ■produce (a set or sequence of items) by performing specified mathematical or logical operations on an initial set
    (对起始项进行数学或逻辑运算而)生成(一组或一系列项目)
    ■(Linguistics)produce (a sentence or other unit, especially a well-formed one) by the application of a finite set of rules to lexical or other linguistic input
    (语言学)生成
    ■(Mathematics)form (a line, surface, or solid) by notionally moving a point, line, or surface
    (数)(在概念中移动点、线或面)生成(线、面或立体)
派生
generable
adjective
语源
  1. early 16th cent. (in the sense 'beget, procreate'): from Latin generat- 'created', from the verb generare, from genus, gener- 'stock, race'
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