In the mass production era multinational firms tended to centralize their operations

　　在大規(guī)模生產(chǎn)的時代，跨國公司往往實行集權(quán)化經(jīng)營。

　　A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team

　　對于那名教練和他的年輕球隊來說，一個嶄新的時代似乎即將到來。

　　The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.

　　這些畫出自一個人人向往上流社會的時代。