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Era Period Time People Word 英 ɪərə] 美 ɪrə

英语单词 era
英美音标 英 ['ɪərə] 美 ['ɪrə]
中文释义 n.纪元;时代;年代
英语例句 (1) His death marked the end of an era.
(2) We are living in the computer era.
(3) It's an era of the miniskirt in the seventies.
(4) It was a confusing, yet lively era.
中文例句 (1) 他的死标志著一个时代的结束。
(2) 我们正生活在计算机时代。
(3) 七十年代是超短裙时代。
(4) 它是混乱的,也是活跃的年代。
vocabulary简明 An era is a period of time distinguished by a particular character. “It was the Eisenhower era, when people were more willing to serve in the military.”
vocabulary扩展 Era has a couple of great things about it. First, it is used whenever you talk about dinosaurs to describe the various geologic time periods, for instance the Paleozoic Era, or the Jurassic Era. Second, it is a word beloved of crossword puzzle editors, so if you’re looking for a three-letter word for an age, look no further. Third, it sometimes confuses people who are talking about the ERA, or the Equal Rights Amendment, a vestige of the era of political feminism.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
  [usu supp N]
  • ...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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