century
美音:[´sentʃərı
]
英音:[´sentʃərı
]
n.世纪,百年,百个,板球中的一百分,百元(钞票)
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词形变化:
形容词:centurylong 名词复数:centuries
词根
cent＝hundred（百）
近义词, 同义词
century
/'sentʃərɪ; `sɛntʃərɪ/
n
1 (a) period of
100 years 100年.
(b) (abbr 缩写 c, cent) any of the periods of
100 years before or after the death of Jesus Christ 世纪（指耶稣基督去世以前或以後每100年的期间）
*the 20th century, ie AD 1900-1999 第20世纪（公元1900-1999年）
* at the turn of the century, ie when one ends and the next begins 在两个世纪之交（在一个世纪结束, 下一个世纪开始时）.
2 (in cricket) score of
100 runs by one batsman in an innings （板球）（击球员在一局所得的）百分
*make/score a century 得百分
* a double century, ie
200 runs in an innings 双百分（一局得200分）.
n
1 (a) period of
100 years 100年.
(b) (abbr 缩写 c, cent) any of the periods of
100 years before or after the death of Jesus Christ 世纪（指耶稣基督去世以前或以後每100年的期间）
*the 20th century, ie AD 1900-1999 第20世纪（公元1900-1999年）
* at the turn of the century, ie when one ends and the next begins 在两个世纪之交（在一个世纪结束, 下一个世纪开始时）.
2 (in cricket) score of
100 runs by one batsman in an innings （板球）（击球员在一局所得的）百分
*make/score a century 得百分
* a double century, ie
200 runs in an innings 双百分（一局得200分）.
century
npluralcenturies[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: centuria, from centum; CENT]
one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ's birth
the 11th/18th/21st etc century
The church was built in the 13th century.
the next/last century
by the beginning of the next century
twentieth-century art forms such as Cubism
the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century)
a period of 100 years
many centuries ago
100 runs scored by one cricket player in an innings
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: centuria, from centum; CENT]
one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ's birth
the 11th/18th/21st etc century
The church was built in the 13th century.
the next/last century
by the beginning of the next century
twentieth-century art forms such as Cubism
the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century)
a period of 100 years
many centuries ago
100 runs scored by one cricket player in an innings
1. By the end of the next century, a single city may have more than 100 million inhabitants.
到下个世纪末，一个城市的居民就可能超过一亿。
2. But the cause of malaria remained unknown to 17th-century medicine, and so there was investigation by experiment.
但对于17世纪的医学来说，疟疾的起因仍属未知，所以便通过实验来进行调查。
3. We live in the twentieth century.
我们生活在二十世纪。
4. Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people´s homes as TV sets?
举个例子吧，在20世纪70年代中叶又有谁能想得到在20世纪末的时候，家庭用的计算机会像电视机一样普遍?
5. The twentieth century is the century of planetary overcrowding.
20 世纪是地球上人口过度拥挤的不安定的世纪.
6. The twentieth century is the century of planetary overcrowding.
20 世纪是地球上人口过度拥挤的不安定的世纪.
7. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B. C. until Roman times.
考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。
8. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B. C.
其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，
9. The development of such a telescope will be one of the great astronomical projects of the twenty-first century.
而开发这样一台望远镜将会是21世纪天文学的一个重要的研究课题。
10. The famous monastery of St. Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh century, lies about a mile away.
11世纪建造的著名的圣伯纳德修道院位于离山口1英里远的地方。
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到下个世纪末，一个城市的居民就可能超过一亿。
2. But the cause of malaria remained unknown to 17th-century medicine, and so there was investigation by experiment.
但对于17世纪的医学来说，疟疾的起因仍属未知，所以便通过实验来进行调查。
3. We live in the twentieth century.
我们生活在二十世纪。
4. Who could have imagined, in the mid 1970s, for example, that by the end of the 20th century, computers would be as common in people´s homes as TV sets?
举个例子吧，在20世纪70年代中叶又有谁能想得到在20世纪末的时候，家庭用的计算机会像电视机一样普遍?
5. The twentieth century is the century of planetary overcrowding.
20 世纪是地球上人口过度拥挤的不安定的世纪.
6. The twentieth century is the century of planetary overcrowding.
20 世纪是地球上人口过度拥挤的不安定的世纪.
7. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B. C. until Roman times.
考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。
8. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B. C.
其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，
9. The development of such a telescope will be one of the great astronomical projects of the twenty-first century.
而开发这样一台望远镜将会是21世纪天文学的一个重要的研究课题。
10. The famous monastery of St. Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh century, lies about a mile away.
11世纪建造的著名的圣伯纳德修道院位于离山口1英里远的地方。
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