epoch

noun

1. 时代；纪元；时期
   a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen
   1. 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。
2. 世（地质年代，纪下分世）
   a length of time which is a division of a period
   1. geological epochs
      地质世

1. N-COUNT 时代;纪元
   If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it.
   1. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
      基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
2. N-COUNT （地质中的）世，纪，期
   An epoch is a very long period of time in the earth's development, marked by particular physical or biological characteristics.
   1. Two main glacial epochs affected both areas during the last 100 million years of Precambrian times.
      在前寒武纪的最后1亿年中，两个主要的冰川时期对两个地区都产生了影响。

1. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
   基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
2. Two main glacial epochs affected both areas during the last 100 million years of Precambrian times.
   在前寒武纪的最后1亿年中，两个主要的冰川时期对两个地区都产生了影响。
3. The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.
   文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
4. The epoch of revolution creates great figures.
   革命时代造就伟大的人物。
5. As millions were entombed, an epoch began that affected the entire world.
   随着数几百万人被埋葬，一个影响整个世界的时代开始了。
6. His teaching method marked a new epoch in education.
   他的教学方式标志了教育的新时代。
7. Einstein's theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.
   爱因斯坦理论开创了数学的新纪元。
8. The Revolution had many of these men, proportioned to the epoch.
   革命时期有过许多那样的人，都和那时代相称。
9. It may be said, indeed, that this book marks an epoch in theological literature and doctrinal development.
   可以说，的确，这本书标志著一个划时代的，在神学和文学理论的发展。
10. The curtain was rung up on a new epoch in our history.
    我国历史上一个新纪元的序幕揭开了。
11. The October Revolution opened up a new epoch in world history.
    十月革命打开了世界历史的新纪元。
12. We are entering upon a new epoch in the history of civilization.
    我们正进入（人类）文明史上的新纪元。
13. As the idea transformed in modern times, humanism has got a new epoch meaning.
    由于中国近代思想变革的原由，人性观念也获得了新的时代意义。
14. The Russian revolution accomplished by you has prepared the way and opened a new epoch.
    你们完成的这场俄国革命已经为新时代铺平了道路。
15. As the new century has arrived, people are stepping into a knowledge economy epoch.
    随着人类进入新世纪，便迎来了知识经济时代。
16. This epoch describes humans'dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth.
    这个纪元描绘了人类对地球的生物、化学和地质过程的支配能力。
17. That this opens a new epoch in the treatment of primitive history must be clear to everyone.
    非常清楚，这样就在原始历史的研究方面开始了一个新时代。
18. It would mark a new era; it would make an epoch.
    这将标志一个新的纪元，这将创造一个新的时代。
19. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch.
    一个特定国家、地区或在一个特定时期中发展的文化和社会类型。
20. His theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.
    他的学说标志着数学上的新纪元。
21. From these laws, we can see clearly of the advancements of our epoch and our society.
    从社会保障政策的演变，我们看到了社会的发展和时代的进步。
22. The book unaccountably marked an epoch in my young life.
    该书莫明其妙地成了我的童年生活中一个新时期的标志。
23. The first earth satellite marked a new epoch in the study of the universe.
    第一个地球卫星标志了宇宙研究的新纪元。
24. The first flight into space marked a new epoch in the history of mankind.
    第一次太空飞行标志著人类历史中的新的历史时期。
25. This has ushered in a new epoch in the history of the Chinese revolution.
    这在中国革命史上开辟了一个新纪元。
26. The invention of the atomic bomb begins a new epoch in history.
    原子弹的发明在历史上开始了一个新的历史时期。
27. This theology reveals the convictions and reflections of a late epoch in Israel's religious and historical development.
    这揭示了神学信念与思考后时代在以色列的宗教和历史的发展。
28. Our epoch is one in which space takes for us the form of relations among sites.
    我们的时代是空间确定我们和定位之间的联系的时代。
29. J.H.Lambert initiated a new epoch in the theoretical cartography.
    兰伯特在理论制图学方面开创了一个新纪元。
30. Is this the will, the identity of this Chinese epoch?
    这就是中国时代的愿望、中国时代的特征吗？

noun

1. a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages

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

   Synonym:    era

3. (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

   Synonym:    date of reference