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period

['piəriəd]

n.一段時間, 週期, 時期, 課時, 學時, 句號, 月經

例句與用法：

Last year was a prolific period in the composer's life.

去年是作曲家一生中創作豐收的時期。

He was on his feet again after such a long period in hospital.

住院很長一段時間他復原了。

It was a period of innovation.

這是革新時期。

She'll be away for an indefinite period.

她將離開一段時間，何時回來未定。

She has a detailed knowledge of this period.

她對這段時期的情況瞭解地相當詳細。

He was taken on for a three-month trial period before being accepted as a permanent member of staff.

在她被接受為固定僱員之前經過了三個月的試用期。

Which period of history are you studying?

你正在學哪一段歷史？

We have three periods of chemistry a week.

我們一星期三節化學課。

英文解釋:

名詞 period:

an amount of time

同義詞：time period, period of time

one of three periods of play in hockey games

a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time

同義詞：historic period, historical period

the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause--Aristotle

同義詞：menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, flow

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

同義詞：point, full stop, stop, full point

a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

同義詞：geological period

the end or completion of something

以上來源於大辭典