century
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900. 世紀
The material position of the Church had been declining since the late eighteenth century. 自18世紀晚期以來，教堂的世俗地位一直在下降。
2. N-COUNT A century is any period of a hundred years. 百年
The drought there is the worst in a century. 那里的旱情百年不遇。
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century /?s?nt??r?/ (centuries)
劍橋詞典
- a period of 100 years
- Life in the 19th century was very different from what it is now.
- Peru was colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century.
- She was probably the most highly educated prime minister of this century.
- For centuries, Native Americans traded with European settlers .
- For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events . 返回 century
一百年
The city centre has scarcely changed in over a century. 一百多年來市中心幾乎沒有變化。
This sculpture must be centuries old . 這座雕塑一定有好幾百年歷史了。
Her medical career spanned half a century. 她的從醫(yī)生涯長達半個世紀。
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millennium
a period of 100 years counted from what is believed to be the year of the birth of Jesus Christ
世紀
Rome was founded in the eighth century BC (= before Christ ). 羅馬建于公元前8世紀。
He's an expert on 15th-century Italian art . 他是研究15世紀意大利藝術(shù)的專家。
a score of 100 runs in cricket
（板球）100分
?the turn of the century
the time when one century ends and another begins
世紀之交
The museum reopened at the turn of the century. 這座博物館在世紀之交重新開放。
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