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单词 epochal
释义
epochal
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈiː.pɒk.əl/us
/ˈep.ə.k.əl/
used to refer totimesoreventsthat are veryimportantbecause theyinvolvenewdevelopmentsandgreatchange:
新纪元的，划时代的，有重大意义的
An epochalshiftin theglobaloilmarketis under way.全球石油市场正在发生划时代的变化。
an epochalmomentin Britishculture英国文化史上的一个重要时刻
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
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  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • chief
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • marmoreal
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • salient
  • subtle
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(Definition ofepochalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofepochal

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It was anepochalchange, strongly felt in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
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Thisepochalpaper, describing only three patients, shows a rare combination of clinical detail, clarity of rationale, and drama.
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Short term variation is calculated as the average of successiveepochal(1/16 minute) differences.
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Importantly, the material itself is not thought to be representative of someepochalstrategy or transcendental signification.
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It was a period ofepochalchange for all the arts, subsidized, commercial, and alternative alike.
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He draws our attention to anepochaljudgment that initiated the ratio of one portion for daughters and two for sons in succession rules.
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Their theorizing was meant to clarify what was at stake in thatepochalcontest.
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Regarding the painting's relationship toepochaltransitions, it is perhaps significant that a mixture of pedestrians and horse-drawn carts populate this area.
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He was claiming anepochalbreakthrough, the way discovered to connect mind and brain within the framework of rigorous neurophysiology.
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Behind thisepochaltransition is the global downturn in fertility, a trend which is affecting societies across almost every region and stage of economic development.
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Have we witnessedepochalnew empirical or conceptual breakthroughs that would warrant the over turning of that sober 19th-century decision?
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In his hands, the fast became anepochal, almost sacred event.
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State-party conflation is especially likely when parties perceive their role as that of a hegemonic movement with anepochaltransformational mission.
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This book is part of a recent spate of work by scholars which should refocus attention on thisepochalexperience.
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How very true, and in thisepochalbook the reviewer is hard-pushed to give even a summary, such is the diversity and range of the material presented.
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