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

• As the era wore on, she switched her attention to films.
  随着这个时代慢慢过去，她把目光投向了电影业。
• I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing
  我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的衣服玩。
• 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。
• The Christian era is counted from the birth of christ.
  公元纪元是从耶稣的诞生算起。
• The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.
  享乐主义时代正让位于一个注重节制的时代。
• The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
  一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。
• 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”。
• A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team
  对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。
• The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
  这些画出自一个人人向往上流社会的时代。
• It was an era of austerity.
  那是个艰苦的年代。