the Holocene + singular verb
作为单数专有名词，通常带定冠词 the，谓语动词用单数。
The Holocene covers approximately the last 10,000 years.
全新世大致涵盖过去一万年。
大约过去一万年
the geological epoch covering approximately the last 10,000 years
大约过去一万年
approximately the last 10,000 years
The Holocene began about 11,700 years ago after the last ice age.
全新世大约在11700年前末次冰期之后开始。
用法提示：名词用作主语，指代地质年代
Scientists study climate patterns from the Holocene to understand current changes.
科学家研究全新世的气候模式以理解当前的变化。
用法提示：名词用作介词宾语，指代时间段
Many human civilizations developed during the Holocene epoch.
许多人类文明在全新世时期发展起来。
用法提示：名词用作定语，修饰 epoch
作为单数专有名词，通常带定冠词 the，谓语动词用单数。
The Holocene covers approximately the last 10,000 years.
全新世大致涵盖过去一万年。
表示“在全新世期间”时常用 during the Holocene。
Many lakes formed during the Holocene.
许多湖泊在全新世期间形成。
表示“自全新世以来”，常与现在完成时连用。
The river has shifted course since the Holocene.
自全新世以来，这条河已经改道。
grammar · medium
易错句子The extinction of many large mammals happened in Holocene.
正确表达The extinction of many large mammals happened in the Holocene.
Holocene 是表示地质年代的专有名词，作名词用时前面通常要加定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many civilizations developed at the Holocene.
正确表达Many civilizations developed in the Holocene.
表示“在某个地质年代内”用介词 in（或 during），不用 at；at 通常指时间点，不能用于一段时期。
grammar · medium
易错句子The holocene began about 11,700 years ago.
正确表达The Holocene began about 11,700 years ago.
地质年代名称属于专有名词，英语中首字母必须大写；小写 holocene 是拼写错误。
指全新世之前的地质世（约258万至1.17万年前），是两个相邻但先后不同的“世”；说“更早的冰期时代”用 Pleistocene，说“约一万年以来的现代”才用 Holocene。
指人类活动主导地质记录的时期，是一个尚未正式确立的“提议世”，常被说成紧随全新世；指当前已被正式承认的这约一万年用 Holocene，指“人类造成的 new epoch”才用 Anthropocene。
是比“世”更大的年代单位“代”，全新世只是其中最后一小段；谈包含恐龙灭绝后至今的整个大阶段用 Cenozoic，只谈最近约一万年则用 Holocene。
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