喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈɪrə/ · /ˈɪərə/時代 / 年代

    A long period of time in history that people remember for a special event, leader, or way of life.

    A long period of time一段長時間 in history歷史上的，that people remember人們記得 for a special event因為某個特別的事件、leader領袖、or或 way of life生活方式。

    示範例句 · Example

    We live in an era of fast and easy communication.

    逐字我們活在一個快速又容易溝通的時代。

    「era」指歷史上一段「有特色、被人記住」的長時間，比 period 更有「一個時代」的感覺。可以想成一段時間被某件大事、某位人物或某種生活方式「定義」了，例如 the Victorian era（維多利亞時代）、the digital era（數位時代）。常跟 new、end of、dawn of 搭配。

    常見搭配

    • a new era

      新時代

      the start of a fresh, important period

      The peace deal opened a new era for the two countries.

    • the end of an era

      一個時代的結束

      the finish of a memorable period

      Her last game was the end of an era for the club.

    • a bygone era

      過去的年代

      a time in the past that is now gone

      The grand old hotel feels like a bygone era.

    • the dawn of a new era

      新時代的開端

      the very beginning of an important new period

      The first space flight marked the dawn of a new era.

core核心畫面

You can picture an era as a long stretch of history that people mentally bundle together and give a name to, because one big thing — a ruler, an event, a way of living — colours the whole period.

可以想成：era 的畫面比較像「歷史上一段被人們打包成一塊、還給了名字的長時間」。之所以能成為一塊，是因為有某件大事——某位領袖、某個事件、某種生活方式——把整段時間都染上同一個顏色。

複數 eras

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

eranoun/ˈɪə.ɹə/

  • 1

    A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.

    • Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
    • In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
  • 2

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesA geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.

  • 3

    informalAn indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.

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