- N-COUNT 一段时间;时期
A period is a length of time.
- This crisis might last for a long period of time.
这次危机可能持续很长时间。 - ...a period of a few months.
几个月时间 - ...for a limited period only.
只在有限的时期内
- N-COUNT (个人、组织或社会的)阶段,时期,时代
A period in the life of a person, organization, or society is a length of time which is remembered for a particular situation or activity.
- ...a period of economic good health and expansion...
经济健康发展并且不断扩张的一段时期 - He went through a period of wanting to be accepted...
有一段时间他很想被人接受。 - The South African years were his most creative period.
在南非的那些年是他创作最旺盛的时期。
- N-COUNT (历史上的)阶段,时期
A particular length of time in history is sometimes called a period. For example, you can talk about the Victorian period or the Elizabethan period in Britain.
- ...the Roman period...
罗马帝国时代 - No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period.
这一时期的文学作品中都没有提及他们的存在。 - ...the most difficult periods of history.
历史上最艰难的时期
- ADJ (服装、家具、乐器)过去的,古代的,具有某个时代特征的
Period costumes, furniture, and instruments were made at an earlier time in history, or look as if they were made then.
- ...dressed in full period costume.
穿着宽松的古装 - ...replicas of period instruments.
古乐器的复制品
- N-COUNT (练习、训练、学习的)时间,时段
Exercise, training, or study periods are lengths of time that are set aside for exercise, training, or study.
- They accompanied him during his exercise periods.
练习的时候他们陪着他。
- N-COUNT 课;课时;节
At a school or college, a period is one of the parts that the day is divided into during which lessons or other activities take place.
- ...periods of private study.
自习课 - ...taking his scripts to school in order to learn the lines in free periods.
把他的剧本带到学校以便空闲的时候背台词
- 月经
When a woman has a period, she bleeds from her womb. This usually happens once a month, unless she is pregnant.
- ADV 到此为止;不再说了
Some people say period after stating a fact or opinion when they want to emphasize that they are definite about something and do not want to discuss it further.
- I don't want to do it, period.
我不想做,这事就到此为止吧。
- 句号
A period is the punctuation mark (.) which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or an exclamation.
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 full stop