【同义词辨析】 2017-07-05 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.


era: suggests a period of history marked by a new or distinct o
rder of things: the ~ of global communications.   order秩序条理=arrangement,如the police are trying to restore public order警察正努力恢复公共秩序


age: is used frequently of a fairly well-defined period dominated by a prominent f
igure 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


period(一段)时间: 可以泛指任何长度的时间,可长可短,
epoch纪元时代: 强调重大事件剧烈变革引发(如蒸汽机诞生,相对论创建,阿波罗登月),era也是纪元时代: 强调新鲜独特的特征(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,age时代: 强调显著人物或特征主导占据(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)

记忆方法:1)首字母小写paee,把e左右反转,变成page想成历史的一页<==时代

         2)时代的意思是一段时间mean
a portion or division of time.      portiondivision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 ,如2018-03-06 部分part-fragment)