After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.

  • -- Edward Grey 爱德华·格雷

在一场大战之后,一个国家在一代人或更长的时间内都不想要另一个。

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We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

我们可以把每一代人看作是一个独特的民族,他们有权利,按照大多数人的意愿,约束自己,但没有人比另一个国家的居民更能约束后代。

After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.

经过一生的工作、养家糊口,以及在无数其他方面为这个国家的成功做出贡献,老年人应该有尊严地退休。

There is not that much of a generation gap these days.

如今,代沟并没有那么大。

A nation is an organic thing.

一个国家是一个有机的东西。