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centuries

英['sentʃərɪz] 美['sentʃərɪz]

n. 100年，一世纪( century的名词复数 )，100分，千秋；

例句

These traditions will live on for centuries. 这些传统将世代相传。
Monarchs ruled England for centuries. 世袭君主统治英格兰有许多世纪。
The idea of flight had been kicking around for centuries before man actually achieved it. 在人们真正能上天飞行之前, 飞行这种想法早已存在数百年了。
Centuries ago,this deserted place was a flourishing town,but a tornado is said to have wiped it out. 几个世纪前,这片荒芜的地方曾是一座繁荣的小镇,可据说一场龙卷风扫平了它。
These states had lived in concord for centuries. 这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。
The building is some centuries old. 这座建筑已建有几个世纪了。
What we intend to halt, by any means, is three centuries of spoliation of this earth. 我们所要做的, 就是用任何方法, 阻止三个世纪以来对这个地球所进得的掠夺.
Great edifices, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. 伟大的建筑物, 如同巍峨的山峦, 是需要多少世纪的功夫才形成的.
The rock calcified over the centuries. 经过几个世纪,石头发生了钙化.
This event antedates the discovery of America by several centuries. 这件事比发现美洲早几个世纪.

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英语四级真题

Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to make changes not seen for centuries.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrial exploitation.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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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.
例句
...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century. 18世纪晚期的名人 ...a 17th-century merchant's house. 一幢17世纪商宅
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一百年

A century is any period of a hundred years.
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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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(板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分，一百多分

In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.