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词组 century
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century /ˈsentʃəri/ noun one of the 100-year periods before or after the year of Christ’s birth, or any period of 100 yearsadjectivesthe 18th/20th etc century The movie is set in the 18th century. | He has a collection of 19th-century art.the early/mid/late 18th/20th etc century By the late nineteenth century, the town had a population of over 10,000.the last/next century The house was built in the early part of the last century.this century also the present century formal The present century has seen a big rise in international terrorism. Don’t say in this century. Just say this century.When talking about a century before Christ’s birth, use BC (Before Christ): Polybius lived in Rome in the second century BC. If you need to make it clear that you mean a century after Christ’s birth, use AD: This work was probably written in the third century AD.verbsdate from the 15th/18th etc century (=something was built, made, or started at that time) The present church dates from the 13th century.a century sees something (=used when saying that something happens during that century) The nineteenth century saw major developments in science.prepositionsin the 18th/20th etc century The game was invented in the sixteenth century.for centuries This plant has been used for centuries to reduce pain.during a century During this century, the US became the most powerful nation on earth.throughout a century Throughout the eighteenth century, houses had relatively little furniture.phrasesthe beginning of the century At the beginning of the century, there were more single than married people.the end of the century He wrote his books towards the end of the 19th century.the turn of the century (=the time when one century ends and another begins) The town was expanding at the turn of the century.the first/second half of the century In the second half of the century, people’s wages began to rise.the early/latter part of the century The latter part of the century saw great progress in organic chemistry.the early/middle/last years of the century The castle’s history begins in the last years of the ninth century.the first/second/last etc decade of the century These three writers were born in the first decade of the nineteenth century.half a century/a quarter of a century The civil war lasted for half a century.
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