词组 | decade |
释义 | decade AC /ˈdekeɪd, deˈkeɪd/ noun a period of ten yearsadjectivesthe last/past decade (=the decade before this one) The number of Americans with the disease has doubled in the last decade.the previous decade Darwin had been working on his theory for much of the previous decade.preceding decades (=previous decades) The economy grew much more quickly than in the preceding decades.the next/following decade China will become even more powerful in the next decade.the present/current decade By the beginning of the present decade, the city’s population had increased to over six million. recent decades Universities have changed a lot in recent decades.prepositionsduring/throughout a decade During the next decade, the world’s population will continue to grow.for decades This problem has been going on for decades.in a decade In a decade from now, scientists will have found a cure for the disease.phrasesthe beginning/middle/end of the decade The city’s population will approach 12 million by the end of the decade.the first half/second half of the decade The number of violent crimes had dropped steadily during the second half of the decade. |
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