previous generation

基本解释

Spaniards should spare a thought for the previous generation; those who became pensioners in 1970 could expect to survive for less than a decade.
西班牙人应该想想前代人；那些领养老金的人在1970年还仅仅期望能多活不多十年！
If you have generated models left over from a previous generation, the shortcut check boxes on the first wizard page to generate palette, menu, and graphics will be disabled.
如果您还有产生的模型剩下，那么从先前的产生，第一个向导页面上的快捷复选框，一直到产生工具板，菜单，以及图形都将不再有效。
They are looking forward to a life expectancy that is higher than that of any previous generation.
他们比以前的任何一代都要对生活怀有更高的期望。

But as it swelled, the watching world was aware that the vision of peace, music and community it represented was a gentle protest against the previous generation's way of life.

Under Watkins, the company tweaked the previous generation to a more appealing, Apple-like industrial design.
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But it is rumored to have a standard resolution screen and run on the previous generation A5 chip.
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