era

noun

1. 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）。
2. 代（地质年代，宙下分代）
   a length of time which is a division of an aeon

1. N-COUNT 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.
   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。

1. Seventy-four years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet era ended.
   在布尔什维克革命爆发的74年之后，苏维埃时代终结了。
2. During the Soviet era and its immediate aftermath, the region was officially known as 'Middle Asia and Kazakhstan'.
   在苏联时代和紧随其后的一段时期，该地区的官方名称为“中亚和哈萨克斯坦”。
3. 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。
4. In Wales in the same era, boys were caned for speaking Welsh in the playground
   在同一时期的威尔士，男孩们在操场上讲威尔士语是要吃鞭子的。
5. 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。
6. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team
   对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。
7. It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
   20世纪60年代的社会激进主义似乎只是一个模糊的记忆。
8. 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。
9. It was an era of austerity.
   那是个艰苦的年代。
10. This is a film which seems to hail from the hippie era.
    这看起来是一部嬉皮士时代的影片。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
    一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。
14. 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。
15. The theatre's raffish auditorium recalls an earlier era.
    剧院俗丽的观众席让人想起早先的时代。
16. Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed
    德国的收容法是欧洲历史上一个已逝去时期的遗留产物。
17. 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。
18. The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.
    享乐主义时代正让位于一个注重节制的时代。
19. We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.
    我们很快就将迎来天文学的新纪元。
20. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
    这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对过去一个时代风格的回归。
21. 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。
22. We are living in a great historic era.
    我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
23. It marks the beginning of a new era in human history.
    这标志着人类历史新纪元的开始。
24. In the Reagan era, well-connected Republicans received favoured treatment in this organization.
    在里根时代，一些关系硬的共和党人在这个机构中多受到了优待。
25. The biochemical era in the study of gastrin was initiated.
    研究促胃液素的生物化学时代开始了。
26. His death marked the end of an era.
    他的逝世标志着一个时代的结束。
27. We are living in the information era.
    我们生活在信息时代。
28. 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。
29. The Christian era is counted from the birth of christ.
    公元纪元是从耶稣的诞生算起。

noun

1. a major division of geological time

   Synonym:    geological era

2. a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

   Synonym:    epoch