e.g. This crisis might last for a long period of time. 這次危機可能持續(xù)很長時間。 e.g. ...a period of a few months. 幾個月時間
2. （個人、組織或社會的）階段，時期，時代 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.
e.g. ...a period of economic good health and expansion... 經(jīng)濟健康發(fā)展并且不斷擴張的一段時期 e.g. He went through a period of wanting to be accepted... 有一段時間他很想被人接受。
3. （歷史上的）階段，時期 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.
e.g. ...the Roman period... 羅馬帝國時代 e.g. No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period. 這一時期的文學(xué)作品中都沒有提及他們的存在。
4. （服裝、家具、樂器）過去的，古代的，具有某個時代特征的 Period costumes, furniture, and instruments were made at an earlier time in history, or look as if they were made then.
e.g. ...dressed in full period costume. 穿著寬松的古裝 e.g. ...replicas of period instruments. 古樂器的復(fù)制品
5. （練習(xí)、訓(xùn)練、學(xué)習(xí)的）時間，時段 Exercise, training, or study periods are lengths of time that are set aside for exercise, training, or study.
e.g. They accompanied him during his exercise periods. 練習(xí)的時候他們陪著他。
6. 課；課時；節(jié) 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.
e.g. ...periods of private study. 自習(xí)課 e.g. ...taking his scripts to school in order to learn the lines in free periods. 把他的劇本帶到學(xué)校以便空閑的時候背臺詞
7. 月經(jīng) When a woman has a period, she bleeds from her womb. This usually happens once a month, unless she is pregnant.
8. 到此為止；不再說了 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.
period的翻譯
e.g. I don't want to do it, period. 我不想做，這事就到此為止吧。
9. 句號 A period is the punctuation mark (.) which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or an exclamation.