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epochal

/ep-uh-kuhl or, especially British, ee-po-/US // ˈɛp ə kəl or, especially British, ˈi pɒ- //

划时代的,划时代

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or of the nature of an epoch.
    • : extremely important, significant, or influential.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inintermittent
Synonyms
fitful合适的,合适,合适的人,合适性infrequent不经常,不常有,不常发生,不常occasional偶然的,偶尔的,偶尔,偶然periodic定期,定期的,周期性的,周期性recurrent循环性,循环性的,经常性的,反复出现的recurring反复出现的,反复出现,重复出现的,反复出现的情况seasonal季节性的,季节性,季节alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行arrested逮捕,被逮捕的,被逮捕,逮捕了broken坏了,破损,破损的,破碎的by bits and pieces零敲碎打,零碎的,零碎,零星的checked经检查,检查过的,经查,已检查cyclic循环,循环的,环状,循环式cyclical周期性,周期性的,周期,循环discontinuing停产,终止,停工,停止使用discontinuous不连续的,间断的,间断性,间断性的every other其他每一个,其他,其他所有,其它here and there这里和那里,这儿和那儿,在这里和那里,此处和彼处hit-or-miss不成功便成仁,不中用,不中用的,屡试不爽interrupted被打断的,中断,被中断的,断断续续isochronal等时线,等时性,等时针,等时线的isochronous异步的,异步,等时,等时的iterant迭代人,迭代者,迭代体,迭代器iterative迭代式,迭代,迭代的,迭代式的metrical韵律,计量学,计量,计量的now and then时不时地,间或,时而,时不时on and off开和关,开启和关闭,打开和关闭,开和关的periodical期刊,定期,定期刊物,期货punctuated斑点状的,斑驳的,斑点的,斑点状rhythmic有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏,有节奏感的rhythmical有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏感的,富有节奏感serial串行,连续,串行的,连续性shifting转移,转变,转动,转移的spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的stop-and-go走走停停,即停即走,即走即停,停停走走
as inmomentous
as inperiodic
Synonyms
annual年度,每年,年,年度的intermittent间歇性的,间歇性,间歇式,时断时续monthly每月,每月一次,每个月,每月的occasional偶然的,偶尔的,偶尔,偶然recurrent循环性,循环性的,经常性的,反复出现的recurring反复出现的,反复出现,重复出现的,反复出现的情况regular定期,定期的,定期检查,定期举行repeated屡次,屡试不爽,屡屡,屡屡发生routine常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的seasonal季节性的,季节性,季节sporadic零星的,零星,零散的,零碎的weekly每周,一周,每周一次,周yearly每年,每年的,每年都有,年度periodical期刊,定期,定期刊物,期货alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行at various times在不同时期,在不同的时间,在不同的时候,在不同的时期centennial百年纪念,百年纪念日,百年,百年历史cyclic循环,循环的,环状,循环式cyclical周期性,周期性的,周期,循环daily每日,每天,每天都有,每天都every once in a while时不时地,每隔一段时间,每隔一段时间就会every so often每隔一段时间,时常,时不时地,每隔一段时间就会fluctuating波动的,波动,起伏不定的,波动不定的hourly每小时,每小时一次,小时,一小时infrequent不经常,不常有,不常发生,不常isochronal等时线,等时性,等时针,等时线的isochronous异步的,异步,等时,等时的on certain occasions在某些情况下,在某些场合,在某些时候,在某些场合下on-again-off-again时断时续,断断续续,断断续续的,断断续续地orbital轨道,轨道交通,轨道式,轨道上的perennial多年生,多年生的,多年生植物,常年rhythmic有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏,有节奏感的serial串行,连续,串行的,连续性spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的
as inon-again, off-again
Synonyms
alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行arrested逮捕,被逮捕的,被逮捕,逮捕了broken坏了,破损,破损的,破碎的by bits and pieces零敲碎打,零碎的,零碎,零星的checked经检查,检查过的,经查,已检查cyclic循环,循环的,环状,循环式cyclical周期性,周期性的,周期,循环discontinuing停产,终止,停工,停止使用discontinuous不连续的,间断的,间断性,间断性的every other其他每一个,其他,其他所有,其它fitful合适的,合适,合适的人,合适性here and there这里和那里,这儿和那儿,在这里和那里,此处和彼处hit-or-miss不成功便成仁,不中用,不中用的,屡试不爽infrequent不经常,不常有,不常发生,不常interrupted被打断的,中断,被中断的,断断续续isochronal等时线,等时性,等时针,等时线的isochronous异步的,异步,等时,等时的iterant迭代人,迭代者,迭代体,迭代器iterative迭代式,迭代,迭代的,迭代式的metrical韵律,计量学,计量,计量的now and then时不时地,间或,时而,时不时occasional偶然的,偶尔的,偶尔,偶然on and off开和关,开启和关闭,打开和关闭,开和关的periodic定期,定期的,周期性的,周期性periodical期刊,定期,定期刊物,期货punctuated斑点状的,斑驳的,斑点的,斑点状recurrent循环性,循环性的,经常性的,反复出现的recurring反复出现的,反复出现,重复出现的,反复出现的情况rhythmic有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏,有节奏感的rhythmical有节奏的,有节奏感,有节奏感的,富有节奏感seasonal季节性的,季节性,季节serial串行,连续,串行的,连续性shifting转移,转变,转动,转移的spasmodic痉挛性,痉挛,痉挛式,痉挛性的sporadic零星的,零星,零散的,零碎的stop-and-go走走停停,即停即走,即走即停,停停走走

Examples

  • In 2000, it began a steady decline caused by epochal drought.

  • Francis also has been handed an epochal challenge by the coronavirus pandemic, which he has termed as a moment for humankind to rethink its priorities.

  • Hull’s prediction would reach full flower only decades later, spurred by a series of epochal economic, legal and cultural changes that began to gather momentum in the 1970s.

  • From gold necklaces to steel trusses is an epochal leap, chronicled in elegant shorthand.

  • Regional newspapers like the Sun have been declining for the past two decades, battered by the epochal shift from print to digital publication and abandoned by advertisers and readers — trends that have only accelerated during the pandemic.

  • His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting.

  • Physics—and, indeed, the rest of the world—stands at the cusp of an epochal change.

  • But even his dying was epochal—everything about this amazing writer resonates.

  • Those core institutions—school and work—are behaving for the most part as if nothing epochal has occurred.

  • Noted sociologist and writer Ashis Nandy calls her victory epochal.

  • In the following year of 1871, Goodyear invented his welt shoe-sewing machine and Maddox made his epochal discovery.

  • That was the second blessing, an epochal experience, unlike anything which preceded, or anything to follow.

  • The enthusiasm of the entire world was fired by this feat and it is difficult to estimate fully its epochal significance.

  • We are still too near the events that made it to us an epochal book.

  • Coronado had made one of the epochal explorations of all history.