Generating
“Generating” 指使某物被创造或产出:发电厂 generating electricity(发电),软件 generating reports(生成报告),团队 generating ideas(产生想法)。强调从无到有或持续产出。
- “The wind farm is generating enough power for ten thousand homes.” (这座风电场发的电够一万户家庭使用。)
- “The tool is generating a summary of the meeting notes.” (该工具正在根据会议记录生成摘要。)
- “They spent the workshop generating solutions to the supply problem.” (他们在研讨会上为供应问题头脑风暴方案。)
来自拉丁语 generare(生育、产生),词根 gen- 与 birth、kin(出生、族群)相关,如 genus、generation。
“gener-”(产生)+ “-ate”(动词后缀)+ “-ing”(现在分词);同族词:generator, generation, regenerate。
在科技与商业报道中,generating revenue/leads/content 是高频搭配;可再生能源语境下 generating clean energy 是政策与营销常用表述。
- 固定搭配: “generating electricity” (发电), “generating revenue” (创收)
- 原形: generate
- 名词: generation, generator
“gen(生)+ erate + ing”:正在“生出来”——generate 的进行式就是 generating。
“The startup celebrated generating its first profit the same week its solar panels started generating power for the office.” (这家初创公司庆祝首次盈利的那周,办公室太阳能板也开始供电。)