英语词汇“decade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdecade

Origin:

1400-1500 French décade, from Greek dekas, from deka ‘ten’

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But because of their longevity they are expected to go on damaging the ozone layer for decades.
By the end of a decade, it requires artificial means of life support.
For decades, townspeople thought his childhood home was a three-story rowhouse near the market square, now a porcelain shop.
I've been at the top in television for a decade, you see, Blanche.
In Gwinnett County, Ga., a boom that began more than a decade ago continues with no end in sight.
Such brilliant slickness kept our eyes trained on him for three decades.
The decade could hardly have ended on a more optimistic note.
The remaining web of streets was due for redevelopment - the standard solution to housing decay in the last couple of decades.

WORD SETS► Chronology

AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► years/decades/centuries etc of neglect

After years of neglect, the roads were full of potholes.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early

· Here, as in other areas, we see ecology emerging from a deliberate revolt against the evolutionary morphology of earlier decades.· But, like so many young artists in the early decades of the century, Miro could not keep away from Paris.· In the early decades of last century gender differences in late life mortality were very small.· Douglass, in the early decades of this century-although many of the principles had been understood long before that.· Both estimates suggest a significant increase in the numbers of elderly with chronic health problems in the early decades of next century.· In the earlier decade, heavy unemployment in the peripheral regions was also gradually overtaken by consistent national growth.· Nevertheless, Clements' philosophy represents a notable extension of nineteenth-century developmental attitudes into the early decades of the new century.· In the early decades of the century, evangelicals had been constrained by the fear of revolution.

► past

· Suddenly, the economic miracle of the past decade began to be recognized for what it was.· I hoped that he might be prepared to congratulate it on its 30 percent. improvement in productivity during the past decade.· We have played a decisive part in the development of the Community over the past decade.· That would mean the resumption of the heroic and successful anti-motorway battles of the past two decades.· This firm has been designing precision assembly robots to make integrated circuits for the past decade.· On the other hand, the pace of counterurbanization has slowed considerably in the past decade.· The number of applications for judicial review has none the less increased significantly over the past decade.· Psychoanalytic theory has probably been the single most important theoretical influence on the discipline of Art History over the past decade.

► previous

· Many of those affected by the relocation had left the south as refugees from the conflict there in the previous decade.· Over the previous decade. investors had put only $ 22 million into Lowertown.· Not so: the recruit of today is generally better educated and more enquiring than his counterpart of previous decades.· For most of the previous two decades, McKinsey consultants had concentrated on matters of strategy.· Higher education had only just resumed with some semblance of normality after the disruption of the previous decade.· In previous decades this would signify certain defeat for the revolution.· Sounds like a familiar blueprint from a previous decade.· This means that sexually active teenagers are using contraceptives more effectively than they have in previous decades.

► recent

· This affinity or linkage has real historical roots though its importance and character has changed in recent decades.· The basic education level of the general population has risen dramatically in recent decades.· I would like to end by asking what lessons can be drawn from the successes and the disappointments of recent decades.· In recent decades, such questions might have sounded like a drunken hallucination or worse.· Solar changes were the main cause from 1750 to 1850, but the greenhouse effect has been dominant in recent decades.· In recent decades the elegant, abstracted paintings of the Aboriginal people have become famous around the world.· Furthermore, food productivity has been buoyant throughout the recent decades.· At the same time, in recent decades City, like many other undergraduate colleges, has ramified upward into a quasi-university.

VERB► spend

· In Britain at least we have spent two decades arguing about what type of nuclear reactor to build.· Social scientists have spent decades trying to discover why some corporate chief executives make more money than others.· This is the approach on which most of the effort - and the money - has been spent in recent decades.· Malcolm Forbes spent a couple of decades in the thickets of New Jersey politics and nearly became governor in the 1950s.· Like other baby boomers who delayed parenthood, she will spend the next two decades defying contemporary ideas of aging.· Having spent the last decade appearing in television mini-series and narrating Thomas the Tank Engine, Starr has rediscovered his musical roots.· Judith has spent over two decades building her business.

单词	decade
释义	decadedec‧ade /ˈdekeɪd, deˈkeɪd/ ●●● W1 AWL noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdecade Origin: 1400-1500 French décade, from Greek dekas, from deka ‘ten’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But because of their longevity they are expected to go on damaging the ozone layer for decades. By the end of a decade, it requires artificial means of life support. For decades, townspeople thought his childhood home was a three-story rowhouse near the market square, now a porcelain shop. I've been at the top in television for a decade, you see, Blanche. In Gwinnett County, Ga., a boom that began more than a decade ago continues with no end in sight. Such brilliant slickness kept our eyes trained on him for three decades. The decade could hardly have ended on a more optimistic note. The remaining web of streets was due for redevelopment - the standard solution to housing decay in the last couple of decades. word sets WORD SETS► Chronology AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► years/decades/centuries etc of neglect After years of neglect, the roads were full of potholes. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early · Here, as in other areas, we see ecology emerging from a deliberate revolt against the evolutionary morphology of earlier decades.· But, like so many young artists in the early decades of the century, Miro could not keep away from Paris.· In the early decades of last century gender differences in late life mortality were very small.· Douglass, in the early decades of this century-although many of the principles had been understood long before that.· Both estimates suggest a significant increase in the numbers of elderly with chronic health problems in the early decades of next century.· In the earlier decade, heavy unemployment in the peripheral regions was also gradually overtaken by consistent national growth.· Nevertheless, Clements' philosophy represents a notable extension of nineteenth-century developmental attitudes into the early decades of the new century.· In the early decades of the century, evangelicals had been constrained by the fear of revolution. ► past · Suddenly, the economic miracle of the past decade began to be recognized for what it was.· I hoped that he might be prepared to congratulate it on its 30 percent. improvement in productivity during the past decade.· We have played a decisive part in the development of the Community over the past decade.· That would mean the resumption of the heroic and successful anti-motorway battles of the past two decades.· This firm has been designing precision assembly robots to make integrated circuits for the past decade.· On the other hand, the pace of counterurbanization has slowed considerably in the past decade.· The number of applications for judicial review has none the less increased significantly over the past decade.· Psychoanalytic theory has probably been the single most important theoretical influence on the discipline of Art History over the past decade. ► previous · Many of those affected by the relocation had left the south as refugees from the conflict there in the previous decade.· Over the previous decade. investors had put only $ 22 million into Lowertown.· Not so: the recruit of today is generally better educated and more enquiring than his counterpart of previous decades.· For most of the previous two decades, McKinsey consultants had concentrated on matters of strategy.· Higher education had only just resumed with some semblance of normality after the disruption of the previous decade.· In previous decades this would signify certain defeat for the revolution.· Sounds like a familiar blueprint from a previous decade.· This means that sexually active teenagers are using contraceptives more effectively than they have in previous decades. ► recent · This affinity or linkage has real historical roots though its importance and character has changed in recent decades.· The basic education level of the general population has risen dramatically in recent decades.· I would like to end by asking what lessons can be drawn from the successes and the disappointments of recent decades.· In recent decades, such questions might have sounded like a drunken hallucination or worse.· Solar changes were the main cause from 1750 to 1850, but the greenhouse effect has been dominant in recent decades.· In recent decades the elegant, abstracted paintings of the Aboriginal people have become famous around the world.· Furthermore, food productivity has been buoyant throughout the recent decades.· At the same time, in recent decades City, like many other undergraduate colleges, has ramified upward into a quasi-university. VERB► spend · In Britain at least we have spent two decades arguing about what type of nuclear reactor to build.· Social scientists have spent decades trying to discover why some corporate chief executives make more money than others.· This is the approach on which most of the effort - and the money - has been spent in recent decades.· Malcolm Forbes spent a couple of decades in the thickets of New Jersey politics and nearly became governor in the 1950s.· Like other baby boomers who delayed parenthood, she will spend the next two decades defying contemporary ideas of aging.· Having spent the last decade appearing in television mini-series and narrating Thomas the Tank Engine, Starr has rediscovered his musical roots.· Judith has spent over two decades building her business. a period of 10 years
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