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pe.ri.od TIMEH5pIE7ri7Ed, $5pIr7i-n [C]a length of time时间，时期，时代Her work means that she spends long periods away from home.她工作就意味着她长时间离开家。Unemployment in the first half of 1993 was 2% lower than in the same period the year before (= the first half of 1992).1993年上半年的失业率比上一年同时期低2%。Fifteen people were killed in/over a period of four days.在4 天的时间内有15 人被杀。The study will be carried out over a six-month period.调查要在6 个月的时间内进行。We sell a lot of turkeys over the Christmas period.在圣诞节期间我们卖了大量的火鸡。In school, a period is a division of time in the day when a subject is taught.课时We have six periods of science a week.一周我们上6 节理科课程。A period in the life of a person or in history is a fixed time during that life or history.时期Most teenagers go through a rebellious period.大部分青少年都要经过一段反抗时期。The house was built during the Elizabethan period.房子是在伊利莎白时代建的。A cooling-off period is a time when you can change your opinion before you are legally forced to do something.冷却时间，冷却期There is a twenty-day cooling-off period in which the investor can choose to back out of the contract.有20 天的冷却期，投资者可以退出合同。Peak periods are times when a lot of people are doing an activity or using a public service.高峰期Trains are very overcrowded in peak periods.高峰期火车拥挤不堪。It's cheaper to travel in off-peak periods (= times which are not so busy).在非高峰期旅游便宜一些。Period costume/dress/furniture means the clothes or furniture of the time in history that is being referred to.该时期、该时代的服饰/服装/家具They performed Julius Caesar in period dress.他们穿着当时的服装扮演凯撒。(infml) A period piece is something such as a book or a film that is very old-fashioned, often in a way that is amusing to people now.古籍书或者电影The play is a whimsical period piece, written in 1938.这个剧本写于1938年，是件怪诞的古董。
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