period什么意思(词汇辨析:age、era、epoch、period)
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age
释义:通常指的是考古学上的时代,具有某些显著的特征,有时也以突出的人物命名。
例句:
In 1914 John Wanamaker, the greatest retailer of the age, made headlines by dispatching 2,000 tons of food aid to Belgium.
1914年,这个时代最伟大的零售商约翰·瓦纳梅克(John Wanamaker)向比利时支援了2000吨粮食,因此成为了新闻头条。
epoch
释义:指发生重大事件的时代。正式用词,侧重指以某重大事件或巨大变化为起点的新的历史时期。
例句:
It is the single clearest piece of evidence for the idea that humans now have a power over the Earth as great as the forces of nature, and that their use of this power has opened up a new geological epoch that some scientists call the Anthropocene.
这是仅有最清晰的证据,证明了人类如今对于地球的掌控与大自然的力量一样强大,人类对于这种力量的利用开辟了一个新的地质时代,一些科学家称之为人类世。
era
释义:正是用语,可以与age和epoch互用,指的是历史上的纪元、年代,侧重延续性和整体性。
例句:
Meanwhile, “The Female Persuasion” is being promoted as a major literary event, anointed “a feminist blockbuster” (by Kirkus) and “this era’s Great American Novel” (in the modest estimation of its publisher). (《纽约客》)
同时,推广者宣称《女性的游说》是一种主要的文学现象,《柯克斯书评》称之为“女权主义大作”,出版社保守估计,这本书是“这一时代的伟大的美国小说”。
period
释义:普通用词,所指的时期可长可短,可以指一个历史时期,也可以指个人或自然界的一个发展阶段。
例句:
The best way to get a more accurate picture is to look at excess mortality, the gap between the number of overall recorded deaths and the historic average for the same period.
超额死亡率指的是记录的死亡人数总数与同期历史平均水平之间的差距,是体现真实情况的最佳指标。