关于如何鉴别或归类早期的时代，人们没有达成多少共识。
There was not much agreement about how to identify or categorize earlier eras.
Brewer说，这个词来自于人们在室内和干燥的地方穿丝鞋或布鞋的时代。
Brewer says that the word comes from the time when silk or cloth shoes were worn indoors and in dry conditions.
它可能是一个家庭和朋友的小聚会：看电视上纽约时代广场的球落下，或大声奔跑穿过社区。
It may be a small gathering of family and friends, watching New York's Times Square ball drop on TV, or loudly running through the neighbourhood.
由于音乐在镀金时代被广泛地尊重，在当前的时代，它被更多地负面看待，或被忽视。
Since music was widely esteemed during the Gilded Age, it follows that it is viewed more negatively, or disregarded, during the current era.
太阳能的时代已经到来，它非常适合用来加热水或发电。
Solar energy, whose time has come, is very suitable to heat water or make electricity.
冰河时代猛犸象的柔软部位，包括皮肤、毛发和内脏，被保存在冻土或石油渗出的焦油中。
Soft parts, including skin, hair, and viscera of ice age mammoths, have been preserved in frozen soil or in the oozing tar of oil seeps.
在这个通才时代，具备某些专业知识或技能大有裨益。
In this age of generalists, it pays to have specific knowledge or skills.
数字媒体咨询公司的科林·迪克森说：“过去的10年或12年都是交互式电视广告的时代。”
"It's been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years," says Colin Dixon of a digital-media consultancy.
这些主题是永恒的，可以用于任何时代或任何国家。
The themes are timeless and could be used in any era or any country.
以一种足够令人信服的方式成为时代的背景是极具挑战性的，而成为电影或电视的主角又很令人向往。
Being part of the background in a convincing (令人信服的) way is challenging, and being on a film or TV set is always fascinating.
在这个消费主义的时代，大多数买家并没有把大学视为一种投资，而是把它视作一种消费品——就像汽车、衣服或房子一样。
In this consumerist age, most buyers aren't evaluating college as an investment, but rather as a consumer product—like a car or clothes or a house.
作为已灭绝物种或人类种族，尼安德特人与旧石器时代中期的工具有关。
An extinct species or race of human beings, Homo neanderthalensis, associated with Middle Paleolithic tools.
占星家们管这段时期为一个大年，并且将其划分为12个大月或称之为占星学意义上“时代”，每一个时代持续2 147年，对应十二星座符号之一。
Astrologers call this period aGreat Year, and they divide it into 12 Great Months or astrological"ages", each about 2, 147 years long. Each age corresponds to one of thesigns of the zodiac.
这个通过运动或游戏培养友情的时代，是极有意义的。
The times of comradeship in sports and play are full of meaning.
皮尔普斯太太现在是个全职主妇。 她说：“我不会继续活在我父母或祖父母那个时代了。
“I would not have wanted to live in my parents’ or grandparents’ time,” said Mrs. Peeples, a full-time homemaker.
皮尔普斯太太现在是个全职主妇。她说：“我不会继续活在我父母或祖父母那个时代了。”
"I would not have wanted to live in my parents' or grandparents' time," said Mrs. Peeples, a full-time homemaker.
我们正在向能够做到常规修复，从人体移除或甚至是注入基因的时代前进。
We're moving toward a time when we can routinely repair, remove or even insert genes in people.
这个时代到来了，不管有或没有达尔文。
因此，她也知道艰辛和压力始终伴随着那些不能(或不愿)随时代变化而变化的人。
Thus, she knows that struggle and stress await those that cannot (or will not) change with The Times.
在早些时代，理想的人、牧师或哲学家都被视作是智慧之源。
In previous ages, the man of ideas, the priest or the philosopher was regarded as the font of wisdom.
博客时代：上网创建或更新博客的人比例为44%，而上网阅读别人博客的用户比例是42%。
The age of blogs: 44% of people go online to create or update blogs and 42% of people go online to read other people's blogs.
此外，不像《福布斯》或《时代》杂志，麦克劳·希尔不可能主营消费杂志。
Moreover, it's highly likely that McGraw-Hill, unlike Forbes or Time Inc., does not see running a consumer magazine as a core business.
Fenner说，自从工业化时代以来，人类活动对地球产生作用，其影响堪比冰河时代或彗星的破坏作用。
Since the era of industrialization, Fenner said, humans have had an effect on the planet rivaling any ice age or comet impact.
在当今消闲娱乐形式花样众多的时代，你会如何说服他人去参观博物馆、展览，或去听一场音乐会呢？
How do you persuade someone to go to a museum, an exhibition or a concert, especially in the face of so much competitive entertainment?
《时代》杂志指出，“年度人物”不是一项荣誉，也不是一种认可，而是对改变世界的个人或力量的承认。
The magazine noted that "Person of the Year" is not an honor or an endorsement but a recognition of leadership that shapes the world.
几十年来《时代》和《新闻周刊》大幅报道歌剧艺术和神学而非好莱坞新闻或养生知识。
For decades, Time and Newsweek devoted more space to opera and art and theology than to Hollywood or health.
几十年来《时代》和《新闻周刊》大幅报道歌剧艺术和神学而非好莱坞新闻或养生知识。
For decades, Time and Newsweek devoted more space to opera and art and theology than to Hollywood or health.
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