| 单词 | century |
| 释义 | century (sentʃəri ) Word forms: centuries 1. countable noun A2 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. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century. ...a 17th-century merchant's house. 2. countable noun B2 A century is any period of a hundred years. The drought there is the worst in a century. 3. countable noun In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batter. Collocations: century progresses Crucially, however, both turn a fleshy pink as the century progresses - a change designed to illustrate the growing heat. Times, Sunday Times In general, there has been a steady decline as the century progresses, with 2015 and 2018 being the exceptions. Times, Sunday Times As the century progresses, chess organisation develops quickly with many chess clubs, chess books and chess journals appearing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the century progresses the profile of the vases becomes elongated and the decoration more mannered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In any case, the printable has proved to be something of a moveable feast over the past century. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) Over the past century and a bit, the world economy has lurched around the extremities of this trilemma. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The number of allergy sufferers has been rising steadily over the past century. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The regulator has issued 400 million numbers across 610 area codes over the past century and the number of landlines used is in steep decline. Times, Sunday Times (2010) America's transportation arteries are so important to the economy that either road or rail industries have stood atop the pinnacle of business production over the past century. Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century (1994) The skeletons in the study spanned the century before and after the conquest, with 13 estimated to be from the 11th century itself. Times,Sunday Times The result far exceeds those initial, more modest ambitions, spanning a century and almost 1,000 pages. The Times Literary Supplement Her life has spanned a century. Times,Sunday Times It spans a century of high society and self-conscious slumming. Times, Sunday Times Music, history, politics and philosophy become intertwined in a multi-layered story that spans a century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the turn of the century, only 10 percent of all households even had telephone services. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A number that had been rising since the late 1960s has fallen by a third since the turn of the century. Times, Sunday Times Since the turn of the century it has been more like three per cent or four per cent. The Sun By the turn of this century, that had evolved into four-year appointments. Christianity Today Unfortunately, it can be found in almost any book of sermon illustrations published since the turn of the century. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 世纪 Japanese: 世紀 |
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