era
noun[C]
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aperiodoftimeof whichparticulareventsorstagesofdevelopmentaretypical:
时代;年代the Jefferson era杰斐逊时代
abygone(= past)era过去的时代
the post-war era战后年代
They hadworkedforpeaceduring thelongeraofconflict.在漫长的冲突不断的年代里,他们努力争取和平。
Thefallof the Berlinwallmarkedthe end of anera.柏林墙的倒塌标志着一个时代的结束。
geologyspecialized
aperiodoftimein which thehistoryof theearthismeasured, into which aneoncan bedividedand which itself can bedividedintoepochs:
The Phanerozoiceonisdividedinto the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
Compare
eon
epoch
- Thepresentpoliticalsystemis ahangoverfrom thecolonialera.
- Heremembersthe 1960s as being an era ofsexualpermissiveness.
- The president'sspeechheraldsa new era inforeignpolicy.
- We are on thethresholdof a new era inEuropeanrelations.
- The era wascharacterizedbypoliticalandculturalturbulence.
- The Mesoproterozoic eraoccurredfrom 1,600 to 1,000 millionyearsago.
Long periods of time
- -athon
- a long haulidiom
- aeon
- age
- be insomethingfor the long haulidiom
- donkey
- donkey's yearsidiom
- eon
- epoch
- eternity
- forever
- forever and a dayidiom
- good
- haul
- long
- long-stay
- month
- not in a month of Sundaysidiom
- time
- yonks
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