century
英 [ˈsentʃəri]
[NOUN]
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。
NOUN. 名词
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