generate

verb

OPAL W OPAL S

/ˈdʒenəreɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they generate	/ˈdʒenəreɪt/ /ˈdʒenəreɪt/
he / she / it generates	/ˈdʒenəreɪts/ /ˈdʒenəreɪts/
past simple generated	/ˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/ /ˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/
past participle generated	/ˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/ /ˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/
-ing form generating	/ˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ/

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generate something to produce energy, especially electricity产生一些东西：产生能量，特别是电力
- The wind turbines are used to generate electricity.风力涡轮机用来发电。
- to generate heat/power产生热量/能量
- Living cells generate energy from food.活细胞用食物制造能量。
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generate something to produce or create something产生；引起
- to generate revenue/income/profit创造收入/收益/利润
- We need someone to generate new ideas.我们需要有人出新主意。
- The proposal has generated a lot of interest.这项建议引起众多的关注。
Synonyms make
make
- do
- create
- develop
- produce
- generate
- form
These words all mean to make something from parts or materials, or to cause something to exist or happen.
- make to create or prepare something by combining materials or putting parts together; to cause something to exist or happen:
  She makes her own clothes.她自己做衣服。
  She made a good impression on the interviewer.她给主持面试者留下了很好的印象。
- do (rather informal) to make or prepare something, especially something artistic or something to eat:指制作、准备（尤指艺术品或食品）：
  He did a beautiful drawing of a house.他画了一栋漂亮的房子。
  Who’s doing the food for the party?谁为聚会准备食物？
- create to make something exist or happen, especially something new that did not exist before:
  Scientists disagree about how the universe was created.科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。
make or create?用 make 还是 create？Make is a more general word and is more often used for physical things: you would usually make a table/dress/cake but create jobs/wealth. You can use create for something physical in order to emphasize how original or unusual the object is: Try this new dish, created by our head chef.
- develop (used especially in business contexts) to think of and produce a new product:
  to develop new software开发新软件
- produce to make things to be sold; to create something using skill:
  a factory that produces microchips微芯片制造厂
- generate to produce or create something, especially power, money or ideas:
  to generate electricity发电
  Brainstorming is a good way of generating ideas.集思广益是出主意的好办法。
- form [often passive] to make something from something else; to make something into something else:
  Rearrange the letters to form a new word.重新排列字母，组成另一单词。
  The chain is formed from 136 links.这根链条由 136 个链节组成。
Patterns
- to make/create/develop/produce/generate/form something from/out of something
- to make/form something into something
- to make/produce wine
- to create/develop a new product
- to create/produce/generate income/profits/wealth
- to produce/generate electricity/heat/power
Extra Examples
- The lottery is expected to generate substantial funds for charities.彩票发行有望为慈善事业筹集到大笔资金。
- People used to believe that dirt spontaneously generated disease.人们过去相信污物会自发致病。
- a sequence of randomly generated fractions一组随机生成的分数
Topics The environmentb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- quickly
- automatically
- spontaneously
- …
verb + generate
- help (to)
- be used to
- be expected to
- …
preposition
- from
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generate something (computing计算机) to produce a set or sequence of data by taking an initial set of data and applying a mathematical or logical process to it 生成：通过对初始数据集进行数学或逻辑处理，生成一组数据或一系列数据。
- We generated 10 data sets, which we used to run each of the models.我们生成了10个数据集，用来运行每个模型。

Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘beget, procreate’): from Latin generat- ‘created’, from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.