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单词 millennium
释义
millennium
noun[C]
uk
/mɪˈlen.i.əm/us
/mɪˈlen.i.əm/
pluralmillenniaormillenniums
C2
aperiodof 1,000years, or thetimewhen aperiodof 1,000yearsends:
一千年，千周年；千周年纪念日
Thecorpsehadlainpreservedin thesoilforalmosttwo millennia.那具尸体在地下保存了近两千年。
Compare
century
the millennium
thebeginningof a new millennium in theyear2000:
（2000年初）千禧新年
How did youcelebratethe millennium?你们是怎么庆祝新千年的？
More examples
  • Thebookis ahistoryof the last two millennia.
  • Imagine what theworldwill be like at the end of the next millennium.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Decades, centuries & the millennium
  • century
  • decade
  • eighties
  • fifties
  • fin-de-siècle
  • forties
  • mid-century
  • millennial
  • nineties
  • noughties
  • seventies
  • sixties
  • teens
  • the
  • thirties
  • twenties
(Definition ofmillenniumfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

millennium| American Dictionary

millennium
noun[C]
us
/məˈlen·i·əm/
pluralmillenniaus/məˈlen·i·ə/millenniums
aperiodof 1000years:
Theareahasexperiencedtheworstdroughtinhalfa millennium.

millennial

adjective[not gradable]us
/məˈlen·i·əl/
(Definition ofmillenniumfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmillennium

millennium
After millennia of dead-ends and extravagant promises, we can now see our way to understanding the mechanisms of ageing.
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To begin with, the form and character of the landscape are unlikely to have remained static across the millennia.
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Their analyses of macrobotanical remains are consistent with these descriptions and include an analysis of an environment very modified through millennia of cultivation.
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Importantly, such speculations assume the prevalence of schizophrenia has remained constant for millennia.
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Instead, these core data suggest that regional drying began about 3,000 years ago and that the past three millennia were characterized by variable moisture availability.
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As these texts have evolved over millennia and have passed through countless pairs of editorial hands, they defy spatial and temporal attribution.
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However mythical its origins, the concept of mentorship has survived the millennia intact.
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Within the constraints outlined above, the author has given us a fairly detailed historical account spanning five millennia.
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To propose a type of sound change that inheres in a family over generations (indeed, over millennia) raises important questions.
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At no time, though, during these two millennia did the imperial system itself appear threatened for any extended period or to any noteworthy degree.
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In a more trivial sense, it equally holds true for material culture items which have been in use for several millennia.
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To evaluate the causes of reforestation, it will be necessary to explore in greater detail the climate fluctuations of the past few millennia.
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Dry conditions appear to have returned during the past two millennia.
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Additionally, research is now elucidating some of the basic processes by which crops have evolved over the last few millennia.
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The computer, which has arisen through the wealth of achievements of the human mind through the millennia, cannot create anything new.
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Collocationswithmillennium

millennium

These are words often used in combination withmillennium.

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millennium bug
For some computer experts, it is an alternative way to refer to the "millenniumbug".
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millennium celebration
Therefore, themillenniumcelebration, for which the millennium fund was set up, would need a bit of help from its friends.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
millennium goals
Aid must be deployed in a way which guarantees quality and long-range benefit so that we can attain the millennium goals.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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