the older generation

基本解释

The younger generation will soon become the older generation, and now’s a good time to cultivate some loyalty and awareness of a community.
年轻的一代很快就会成为新的年长一辈，而现在正是培养忠诚和集体意识的好时机了。
But this creates a problem -- what if an object in the older generation references a younger object, which is not reachable through any other chain of references from a root?
但是这也带来一个问题――如果更老一代中的对象引用一个不能通过从根开始的所有其他引用链到达的更年轻的对象该怎么办？
To them, life is digital, from information search to bank transactions, whereas the older generation still holds doubt about the universality and security of the Matrix-ed world.
当老一辈人对网络化的世界还心存怀疑和不安时，年青一代的生活早已步入了数字化，小到信息搜索，大到银行交易。

Stefanus says young Namibians do remember the older generation's contribution to the struggle.
I think the older generation of English people are more into tradition,
我觉得老一代英国人更具有传统文化，
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