generate
UK/'dʒenəreɪt/US/'dʒenәreit/
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLGREB1
Definitions
v.
To bring into existence; to produce or cause something to arise
产生，生成；引起
v.
To produce energy, electricity, or power
发（电），产生（能量）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedgener (produce, give birth to) + -ate (verb suffix) = 'to bring to birth.' The root's literal sense — begetting — broadened to producing anything: power, revenue, ideas, interest. Whatever you generate is born into existence that wasn't there before.
Root gen still carries 140 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.generate power发电
- 2.generate revenue创收
- 3.generate interest引起兴趣
- 4.generate income产生收入
Example Sentences
- 1.
Wind turbines generate electricity without burning fuel.
- 2.
The campaign was designed to generate interest among young voters.
- 3.
Small businesses generate most of the new jobs in the country.