century
noun[C]
uk/ˈsen.tʃər.i/us/ˈsen.tʃər.i/A2
aperiodof 100years:
一百年Thecitycentrehasscarcelychangedin over a century.一百多年来市中心几乎没有变化。
Thissculpturemust be centuriesold.这座雕塑一定有好几百年历史了。
Hermedicalcareerspannedhalfa century.她的从医生涯长达半个世纪。
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millennium
aperiodof 100yearscountedfrom what isbelievedto be theyearof thebirthofJesusChrist:
世纪Rome wasfoundedin the eighth century BC(= beforeChrist).罗马建于公元前8世纪。
He's anexperton 15th-centuryItalianart.他是研究15世纪意大利艺术的专家。
ascoreof 100runs(=points)incricket:
Bothcaptainsscoredcenturies.
His third Test century came from only 135balls.
the turn of the century
thetimewhen one centuryendsand anotherbegins:
世纪之交Themuseumreopenedat theturnof the century.这座博物馆在世纪之交重新开放。
- Life in the 19th century was very different from what it is now.
- Peru wascolonizedby theSpanishin the 16th century.
- She wasprobablythe mosthighlyeducatedprimeministerof this century.
- For centuries,NativeAmericanstradedwithEuropeansettlers.
- For more thanhalfa century, thereassuringtonesof BBCnewscastershaveinformedBritishtelevisionviewersaboutworldevents.
Decades, centuries & the millennium
- decade
- eighties
- fifties
- fin-de-siècle
- forties
- mid-century
- millennial
- millennium
- nineties
- noughties
- seventies
- sixties
- teens
- the
- thirties
- twenties
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