| 单词 | premillennial tension |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspremillennial tension premillennial tension n. [with punning allusion to premenstrual tension n. at premenstrual adj. Compounds)] anxiety about the coming of a new millennium; spec. the posited phenomenon of general anxiety about the end of the 20th cent. ΚΠ 1990 Economist 24 Feb. 11/1 (heading) Pre-millennial tension. 1995 Print Mar.–Apr. 50/3 The rise in religious interest has also been fed by pre-millennial tension and by the angst of aging baby-boomers confronting their own mortality. 2005 Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. 11 As the 20th century slipped away, French cinema enjoyed a freak box-office boom in 1999. But on screen, a serious mood of pre-millennial tension and emotional turbulence prevailed. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。