[N-COUNT 可数名词]时代;年代;时期 You can refer to a period of history or a long period of time as an era when you want to draw attention to a particular feature or quality that it has.
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...the nuclear era...
核时代
...the Reagan-Bush era...
里根-布什时期
It was an era of austerity.
那是个艰苦的年代。
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era/ˈɪərə; NAmEˈɪrə;ˈerə/noun1a period of time, usually in history, that is different from other periods because of particular characteristics or events 时代;年代;纪元◆the Victorian/modern/post-war era维多利亚女王╱当今╱战后时代◆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)。2( geology 地) a length of time which is a division of an aeon代(地质年代,宙下分代)eraerasera/ˈɪərə; NAmEˈɪrə;ˈerə/
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erae‧ra /ˈɪərə $ ˈɪrə/ ●●○W3 noun [countable]
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a period of time in history that is known for a particular event, or for particular qualitiesera of We live in an era of instant communication. a new era of world peace His death marked the end of an era. the Victorian era► see thesaurus at
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COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + eraa new era· The talks signalled a new era of cooperation between the two countries.the present era· People feel much less secure in the present era of international terrorism.the modern/post-war/Victorian etc era· a collection of romantic paintings from the Victorian erathe Blair/Bush etc era (=the time when a particular political leaders was in power, used especially in journalism)· The end of the Bush era was defined, at least in part, by the war in Iraq.a bygone era (=a time in the past, usually when something was good)· The buildings have the elegance of a bygone era.a golden era (=a time when something is at its most successful)· a collection of songs from the golden era of rock 'n' rollverbsenter an era· We have entered an era of instant global communication.usher in an era (=to be the start of a new era)· His death ushered in an era of political instability.an era begins· A new era began for Northern Ireland with the signing of the peace agreement.an era ends· The era of cheap oil has ended.phrasesthe beginning/end of an era· The closure of the last coal mine marked the end of an era in Wales.the dawn/dawning of a new era (=the time when something important first begins)· The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in Europe.
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