the lost generation
noun /ðə ˌlɒst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
/ðə ˌlɔːst dʒenəˈreɪʃn/
[singular]- a generation (= group of people born at about the same time) with many of its young men killed in war, especially the First World War, or one which has suffered emotional damage by growing up during war
失落的一代: 一代人(大约是同一时间出生的一群人),其中许多年轻人在战争中丧生,尤其是第一次世界大战,或在战争中成长而受到情感伤害的一代 - a group of young US writers of the 1920s, among them Ernest Hemingway, who were opposed to the moral values of US life in the period following the First World War and went to live abroad, especially in Paris
失落的一代: 一群1920年代年轻的美国作家,其中包括欧内斯特·海明威(Ernest Hemingway),他们反对第一次世界大战后美国生活的道德价值观,并到国外生活,尤其是在巴黎