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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

century

英  [ˈsentʃəri]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • centuries

    1. [C 可数名词] 世纪

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The material position of the Church had been declining since the late eighteenth century.

    自18世纪晚期以来，教堂的重要性一直在下降。

    例：

    a 17th-century merchant's house.

    一幢属于一位17世纪商人的房子。

    2. [C 可数名词] 百年

    A century is any period of a hundred years.

    双语例句

    例：

    The drought there is the worst in a century.

    那里的旱情是百年来最严重的。

    例：

    This may be ending centuries of tradition.

    这可能会终结数百年的传统。

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