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单词 twentieth
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twentieth
ordinal number
uk
/ˈtwen.ti.əθ/us
/ˈtwen.t̬i.əθ/
20th written as a word
第二十（的）
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twentieth
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtwen.ti.əθ/us
/ˈtwen.t̬i.əθ/
one of 20equalpartsof something
二十分之一
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(Definition oftwentiethfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

twentieth| American Dictionary

twentieth
adjective,adverb,noun[C]
us
/ˈtwen·ti·ɪθ/
(in thepositionof) thenumber20 in aseries; 20th:
This isourtwentiethweddinganniversary.
[C]Themeetingis on the twentieth ofNovember.
A twentieth is one of twentyequalpartsof something.
(Definition oftwentiethfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftwentieth

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Do not forget their casualties, and that they bear nineteen-twentieths of the burden—and they feel that we are bearing very little.
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We quite properly devote at least nineteen-twentieths of our time to dealing with subjects affecting man.
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The remaining nineteen-twentieths were confined to guard dogs.
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They can take away the appropriate number of twentieths, but when they try to add a figure they are sunk.
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Nine-teen-twentieths of these schemes are, inevitably, because of their very nature, in purely formal, legal wording describing boards, voting, and vacancies, and, to some extent, pains and penalties.
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If there are 10 people and £10, that is £l each, but if they increase to 20 people and only £11 there is only eleven-twentieths of a pound for each.
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In thetwentiethcentury landscape no longer offers this compensation or conciliation.
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The chief obstacle to such a law in the first part of thetwentiethcentury was opposition from settlers and farmers.
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Conventionalism has had a tremendous impact on science and philosophy throughout thetwentiethcentury.
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Rather, the well-informed person of the final years of thetwentiethcentury is expected to know how to argue from biology.
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As it emerged in the first years of thetwentiethcentury, his scenario presented him in different national personas.
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Looking back over thetwentiethcentury it is easy to see how extensively the modern era has been permeated by the notion of celebrity.
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Then poorvi [atwentieth-century entertainment genre] - everyone sings it.
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In some respects, this is surprising, as urban planning had existed on an institutional basis only since the earlytwentiethcentury.
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The second stage was in the first two decades of thetwentiethcentury.
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