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

• This is music from a different era. I've taken those sounds from childhood and mixed them up with other things.
  这是来自另一个时代的音乐，我把儿时听到的那些声音和其他声音混录一起。
• 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。
• The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
  这辆保时捷911让我想起了雅皮士时代最不堪的那些日子。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the mass production era multinational firms tended to centralize their operations
  在大规模生产的时代，跨国公司往往实行集权化经营。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are living in the information era.
  我们生活在信息时代。
• The mining town, now a mere carcass, is a reminder of a past era.
  现在只剩下废墟的矿城使人回想起过去的时代。