英汉词典

century 基本解释

• n. 世纪，百年；（板球）一百分

century 词态变化

century 中文词源

一自词根cent, 百。-ury, 名词后缀。

century 英文词源

century

century: [16] Latin centuria meant ‘group of one hundred’ (it was a derivative of centum ‘hundred’). Among the specialized applications of this general sense, the most familiar to us today is that of a division of the Roman army consisting originally of a hundred soldiers (the title of its commander, centurion [14] – Latin centuriō – derives from centuria). When English took the word over, however, it put it to other uses: it was first applied to ‘period of 100 years’ in the early 17th century, while ‘score of 100 or more in cricket’ comes from the mid 19th century.
=> cent, centurion

century (n.)

1530s, "one hundred (of anything)," from Latin centuria "group of one hundred" of things of one kind (including a measure of land and a division of the Roman army, one-sixteenth of a legion, headed by a centurion), from centum "hundred" (see hundred) on analogy of decuria "a company of ten."

Used in Middle English from late 14c. as a division of land, from Roman use. The Modern English meaning is attested from 1650s, short for century of years (1620s). The older, general sense is preserved in the meaning "score of 100 points" in cricket and some other sports. Related: Centurial.

century 英文释义

1. 100 years

2. ten 10s

century 双语例句

1. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.

英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。

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2. The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC.

这枚胸针的历史可以追溯到公元前4世纪。

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3. The greatest polemicist of the 20th century must be Leon Trotsky.

20世纪最了不起的辩论家非列昂·托洛茨基莫属。

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4. Why were spices so highly valued in late 15th-century Europe?

为什么香料在15世纪末期的欧洲如此贵重？

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5. The eighteenth-century Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.

18世纪的英国海军部对其军官没有什么强制力。

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century 实用场景例句

the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)

20世纪

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eighteenth-century writers

18世纪的作家

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...a 17th-century merchant's house.

一幢17世纪商宅

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The drought there is the worst in a century.

这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。

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...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.

18世纪晚期的名人

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Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.

英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟.

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Those were the halcyon days of Athens ( fifth century BC ) when she produced her finest poetry and drama, architecture and sculpture.

公元5世纪为雅典的太平盛世.雅典最优秀的诗歌、戏剧 、 建筑和雕刻均产生于这一时期.

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The palace was built in the fifteenth century.

这宫殿建于十五世纪.

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Chinese settlers helped tame the American continent during the 19 th century.

中国移民在19世纪为开拓美洲大陆作出了贡献.

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Her reign lapped over into the seventeenth century.

她的统治延至17世纪.

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These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

这些夜总会在17世纪时原来是咖啡馆.

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He was counted among the greatest singers of the century.

在本世纪最伟大的歌唱家中,他算是一个.

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The paintings of Paul Ce & 1 & zanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20 th century.

保罗·塞尚的绘画预示了20世纪初叶立体主义的兴起.

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Modern music has broken away from 18 th century rules.

现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的规则.

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Gunpowder was used in China as far back as the 11 th century.

远在公元11世纪,中国已使用火药.

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A century ago, eastern Germany was an agricultural hinterland.

一个世纪前, 德国东部是个农业的内陆地区.

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Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

然而在实际生活中, 有些事情有时候的确好象神差鬼使一样地促成了一些除了十九世纪小说家外谁也不会相信的巧合.

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Cycling enjoyed a vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.

19世纪末骑自行车曾风行一时.

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This a facsimile edition of an eighteenth century book.

这是一本18世纪书籍的复制版.

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the enclosure of common land in the seventeenth century

17世纪对公用地的圈占

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the site of a sixteenth century abbey

一座十六世纪的修道院的旧址

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The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.

19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。

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This century wrought major changes in our society.

本世纪给我们的社会带来了重大变革。

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The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America.

本世纪最恶劣的冬季暴风雪横扫北美东海岸。

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The greatest polemicist of the 20th century must be Leon Trotsky.

20世纪最了不起的辩论家非列昂·托洛茨基莫属。

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Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.

民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。

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In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.

同样从社会政治学上看，城市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也意义重大。

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DAB is the radio system of the 21st Century.

数字音频广播是21世纪的无线电广播系统。

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The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English.

这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。

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