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GRE 红宝书

• v. 造成; 产生
• ［英］ v. 造成 ( to bring into being) 产生 ( to originate or produce)
• ［记］ gener ( 种属, 产生) +ate -> 产生
• ［同］ 同根词: generative ( 有生殖力的) ;generic ( 种类的)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin generatus, past participle of generare, from gener-, genus descent, birth — more at kin
• Date: 1509
• 1. to bring into existence: as
  • a. procreate, beget
  • b. to originate by a vital, chemical, or physical process ; produce <generate electricity>
• 2. to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) <these stories…generate a good deal of psychological suspense — Atlantic>
• 3. to define or originate (as a mathematical or linguistic set or structure) by the application of one or more rules or operations; especially to trace out (as a curve) by a moving point or trace out (as a surface) by a moving curve

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