century

英 [ˈsentʃəri]

美 [ˈsentʃəri]

n.  100年; 百年; 世纪; (一个运动员所得的)100分

复数：centuries　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.407 / COCA.605

习惯用语

n.

the turn of the century/year
• 世纪之交；新年伊始；辞旧迎新之际
  the time when a new century/year starts
• It was built at the turn of the century.
  这是在世纪之交修建的。

牛津词典

noun

• 100年；百年
  a period of 100 years
• 世纪
  any of the periods of 100 years before or after the birth of Christ
  1. the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
     20世纪
  2. eighteenth-century writers
     18世纪的作家
• （一个运动员所得的）100分
  a score of 100 runs by one player

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 世纪
  Acenturyis 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.
  1. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
     18世纪晚期的名人
  2. ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
     一幢17世纪商宅
• N-COUNT 一百年
  Acenturyis any period of a hundred years.
  1. The drought there is the worst in a century.
     这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• (板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分，一百多分
  In cricket, acenturyis a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

英英释义

noun

• ten 10s
  Synonym:hundred100Cone C
• a period of 100 years

双语例句

• Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.
  正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。
• The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
  英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
• The core of the Festival's programme centres round performances of new and 20th century work.
  这个音乐节最重要的节目以演奏20世纪的作品和新作为主。
• The television screens of the next century will be linked up to an emerging world telecommunications grid.
  下个世纪的电视屏幕将会接入到正在形成的全球电信网络中。
• Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.
  民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。
• Even in the 18th century scholars continued to give primacy to the written word.
  甚至到了18世纪，学者们仍然将书面语放在第一位。
• He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
  他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。
• When Dutch colonial rule ended in the 19th century the civil service was anglicised.
  荷兰殖民统治在19世纪结束时，文职部门已被英国化了。
• They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
  他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
• The drought there is the worst in a century.
  这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。