【同义词辨析】 时代period-age
period: may designate an extent of time of any length: ~s of economic prosperity. (time时间是本组基础词,也是物理学7个基本物理量之一,因此无法用其它词或其它物理量解释,词典对time的描述只是说time is what is measured in minutes, hours, days, and years时间是用分钟小时天或年衡量的,如a two-week period of time两周的时间)
epoch: applies to a period begun or set off by some significant or striking quality, change, or series of events: the steam engine marked a new ~ in industry. (如蒸汽机诞生,相对论创建,阿波罗登月)
era: suggests a period of history marked by a new or distinct order of things: the ~ of global communications. (例句全球通信时代强调"全球"这一新鲜特征,又如the nuclear era核时代强调"核子"这一新鲜特征) (order秩序条理,没有采纳)
age: is used frequently of a fairly well-defined period dominated by a prominent figure or feature: the ~ of Samuel Johnson. (dominate主导占据,来自词根DOM表示房子house, 例如domestic国内的家庭的,domain是家长能主导占据的区域引申为范围,dominion统治或领土,domineering爱发号施令的) 塞缪尔·约翰逊(1709年9月7日-1784年12月3日): 英国文学评论家、诗人 (如青铜时代the Bronze Age,帝国时代age of empire,新四经典版老版第34篇开头this is a sceptical age这是一个怀疑重重的时代,都是强调被dominate主导或占据)
period时间: 泛指任何长度的时间,可长可短,epoch纪元时代: 强调由重大事件或剧烈变革引发,era纪元时代: 强调新鲜独特的特征,age时代: 强调显著人物或特征所主导占据
记忆方法: 1) 首字母PEEA中的EA想成东亚East Asia,PE是体育<==东亚体育进入新时代
2) 时代的意思是一段时间mean a portion or division of time.首字母PEEA中的EA想成东亚East Asia,PE是体育<==东亚体育进入新时代 (portion和division都表示部分,基础词是通用的part,portion强调分配的部分assigned or allotted part,division强调大块多元的部分large or diversified part ,在部分part-fragment组)