[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
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'beget, procreate'): from Latin generat- 'created', from the verb generare, from genus, gener- 'stock, race'