period是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 时期， 时代； 学时； 周期， 一段时间； 句点，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At this period the earth sloped downwards; the light took a uniform tint.
-- During this period of the voyage, Captain Nemo made some interesting experiments on the varied temperature of the sea, in different beds.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was almost full again, after its period of emptiness.
-- Particularly they liked the late eighteenth century, the period of Goethe and of Shelley, and Mozart.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls: that dream is reserved for the solace of our declining years.
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