generate的经典引文是：Man tries to protect himself against change even beyond the grave: he acquires property; he generates children.出自：H. L. Mencken。generate的词语用法是generate有“产生，发生”的意思，作比喻时，很容易被误用，详见错句。generate的意思是vt.产生；发生；引起。
一、详尽释义点此查看generate的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.造成；引起；导致
Togenerate something means to cause it to begin and develop.
e.g. The Employment Minister said the reforms wouldgenerate new jobs.
劳工大臣表示，改革将带来新的就业机会。
e.g. ...the excitement generated by the changes in Eastern Europe.
东欧变革引起的骚动
2.产生（能量）；发（电）
Togenerate a form of energy or power means to produce it.
e.g. The company, New England Electric, burns coal togenerate power.
新英格兰电力公司用煤发电。
四、例句
75% of France's electricity is generated by nuclear reactors.
法国75%25的电能产生于核反应堆。
We can't generate enough power for the entire city.
我们不能为整个城市产生足够的能量。
We need someone to generate new ideas.
我们需要有人出新主意。
This hatred was generated by racial prejudice.
这种仇恨是由种族偏见引起的。
Water power can be used to generate electricity.
水力可以用来发电。
五、常见句型
六、词汇搭配
七、词语用法
generate的相关近义词
produce、create、cause、engender、make、originate、spawn、breed、reproduce、electrify、propagate、occasion、bring、about、bring about、hatch、bring forth、sire、mother、yield、return、father、beget、get、give、render
generate的相关临近词
generation、generally、generated、generater、generate heat、generated set、generated law、generate form、generate plan、generate power、generated pair、generated path