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

• We are living in the information era.
  我们生活在信息时代。
• We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.
  我们很快就将迎来天文学的新纪元。
• It marks the beginning of a new era in human history.
  这标志着人类历史新纪元的开始。
• 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。
• In the Reagan era, well-connected Republicans received favoured treatment in this organization.
  在里根时代，一些关系硬的共和党人在这个机构中多受到了优待。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。