单词
epoch
读音
ˈepək
美式
英式
词根
"Epoch" 源于希腊词 "epochē", 意为 "顿挫, 停顿"，它是由 "epi-", 意思是 "upon, on, over"，加上 "echein", 意为 "to hold"，组成的。所以，对于地球的历史时期而言，"Epoch" 包含了 "持续一段时间" 的概念。
释义
n. [地质] 世；新纪元；新时代；时间上的一点 [ 复数 epochs ]
例句
It was meant to sound like an epoch-making declaration.
有意让它听起来像是一个划时代的宣言。
The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
基督的诞生是世界历史一个重要时代的开始。
The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history.
皇帝驾崩标志着该国历史上一个时代的结束。
It was meant to sound like an epoch-making declaration.
有意让它听起来像是一个划时代的宣言。
The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
基督的诞生是世界历史一个重要时代的开始。
The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history.
皇帝驾崩标志着该国历史上一个时代的结束。
强化记忆
你可以将 "epoch" 与 "epic"（史诗）关联起来。两者都描述一个常常是具有历史意义的长时期。"Epoch" 最初源于希腊语，经拉丁语转化为英文。在文化上，它经常被用来描绘历史上的重要时期，例如 "the Victorian epoch" 或 "the epoch of expansion".
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nothing.Epoch after epoch of sameness,nonevents without number.
Each bead is carved from ancient fossilsand strung geological epoch by epoch.The beads chart major moments in Earth’s history.
Fifty years ago this week, President John F. Kennedymade two epoch-making speeches,the first on disarmament and the second on civil rights.
And this is a term that some geologists are suggestingwe should give to our current epoch,given how pervasive human influence has been over it.
KH: There is the assumptionthat humans have created a new geological epoch,and we need to learn how to see what our role is in it.
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