era

英 [ˈɪərə]

美 [ˈɪrə]

n.  时代; 年代; 纪元; 代(地质年代，宙下分代)

复数：eras　

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牛津词典

noun

• 时代；年代；纪元
  a period of time, usually in history, that is different from other periods because of particular characteristics or events
  1. the Victorian/modern/post-war era
     维多利亚 / 当今 / 战后时代
  2. When she left the firm, it was the end of an era (= things were different after that) .
     她离开公司后，一个时代结束了（后来的情况就大不一样了）。
• 代（地质年代，宙下分代）
  a length of time which is a division of an aeon

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 时代；年代；时期
  You can refer to a period of history or a long period of time as anerawhen you want to draw attention to a particular feature or quality that it has.
  1. ...the nuclear era...
     核时代
  2. ...the Reagan-Bush era...
     里根-布什时期
  3. It was an era of austerity.
     那是个艰苦的年代。

英英释义

noun

• a major division of geological time
  Synonym:geological era
• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  Synonym:epoch

双语例句

• The theatre's raffish auditorium recalls an earlier era.
  剧院俗丽的观众席让人想起早先的时代。
• The Christian era is counted from the birth of christ.
  公元纪元是从耶稣的诞生算起。
• The war in 1939 perforce ushered in an era of more grime and drabness.
  1939年的战争必然导致一个更加肮脏、更加灰暗的时代的到来。
• During the Soviet era and its immediate aftermath, the region was officially known as 'Middle Asia and Kazakhstan'.
  在苏联时代和紧随其后的一段时期，该地区的官方名称为“中亚和哈萨克斯坦”。
• The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
  这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对过去一个时代风格的回归。
• The biochemical era in the study of gastrin was initiated.
  研究促胃液素的生物化学时代开始了。
• His death marked the end of an era.
  他的逝世标志着一个时代的结束。
• Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed
  德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。
• We are living in a great historic era.
  我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
• How people in a certain era bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death.
  某个特定时代的人们如何埋葬逝者很大程度上反映出当时人们对待死亡的普遍态度。