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词汇 baby-boomer
释义 baby boomer
noun[ C ]
(alsobaby-boomer)uk /ˈbeɪ.bi ˌbuː.mər/ us /ˈbeɪ.bi ˌbuː.mɚ/
a person who was born during the baby boom(= a large increase in the number of children being born) that happened in the UK and the US following the Second World War: (尤指1945至1965年间英国和美国)生育高峰期出生的人
Many baby boomers are continuing to work well past retirement age.
The book discusses the social and economic consequences of the ageing baby-boomer demographic.
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The fact is that immigrants are needed to replenish a dwindling workforce as baby boomers retire.
Nostalgic baby boomers with money are feeding a market for custom-made guitars.
The service is aimed at retiring baby-boomers and active seniors with plenty of disposable income.
This generation represents almost as big a market for cars as their baby boomer parents.
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Groups of people

baby boomer | American Dictionary


baby boomer
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbeɪ·bi ˌbu·mər/(infmlboomer)
a person born during a baby boom in the US between 1947 and 1961:
Like typical baby boomers, they're making different choices than those of their parents' generation.

baby boomer | Business English


baby boomer
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbeɪbiˌbuːmər/ us /-ɚ/(USalsoboomer)
a person born during a baby boom, especially the one in the US or UK between approximately 1945 and 1965:
Ageing baby boomers are creating a greater need for healthcare.

baby-boomer


adjective[ before noun ]
The baby-boomer generation is now hitting retirement age.

Examples of baby boomer


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The baby-boomer generation seems to be responding to the needs of their elderly ascendants in ways that accord with their resources and other responsibilities.
These characteristics of futility decisions are challenges to the baby-boomer ethos and are therefore likely to produce resistance.
Even their chapter focuses on future baby-boomer divorcees (and their projected retirement income) rather than current divorcees.
There is little evidence of a specific ' baby-boomer generation ' effect on the probability of giving help.
The insights offered in these chapters are cer tainly useful to baby-boomer parents and to those who may be disconnected from teen culture past and present.
This is due to several factors, including an expanding health care industry, an aging baby-boomer population, concerns for cost containment, and newly implemented restrictions to shorten physician resident work hours.
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An ongoing battle for generational ownership has motivated a handful of marketing mavens and cultural commentators to coin and/or promote their own terms for subsegments of the baby-boomer generation.
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The shortage will also be exacerbated by the increasing numbers of baby-boomer aged nurses who are expected to retire, creating more open positions than there are graduates of nursing programs.
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Additions were later added to accommodate the baby-boomers of the 1950s and 1960s.
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With baby-boomers starting to retire, there is more recruiting and there is a noticeable rejuvenation of the staff.
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This situation was worsened by the massive influx of female baby-boomers into the labour market, which further increased the unemployment rates.
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Changes in society now mean that a larger proportion of organizations are made up of baby-boomers or older employees in comparison to thirty years ago.
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This decrease in population for the past decade is partly explained by the fact that many baby-boomers not born in the city retire then move elsewhere.
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