generator
n
1 (Brit) (US dynamo) machine for producing electrical energy 发电机
The generator has started up/broken down. 发电机已开动[出现故障].
2 machine or apparatus that produces steam, gas, vapour, etc (蒸汽、 煤气等的)发生器.
3 person who generates or originates 生产者; 生殖者; 创始者
a generator of new ideas 新思想的创立者.
Well, yes, I could do that. But I don't want to do anything alone.
哦,好,这事我能办。但我又不想一个人做事情。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.