era
noun [ C ] uk/ˈɪə.rə/ us/ˈer.ə/ us/ˈɪr.ə/
B2 时代;年代
a period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical
the Jefferson era 杰斐逊时代
a bygone (= past) era 过去的时代
the post-war era 战后年代
They had worked for peace during the long era of conflict. 在漫长的冲突不断的年代里，他们努力争取和平。
The fall of the Berlin wall marked the end of an era. 柏林墙的倒塌标志着一个时代的结束。
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- The present political system is a hangover from the colonial era.
- He remembers the 1960s as being an era of sexual permissiveness.
- The president's speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.
- We are on the threshold of a new era in European relations.
- The era was characterized by political and cultural turbulence.
- The Mesoproterozoic era occurred from 1,600 to 1,000 million years ago.