century
n. 世紀; 一百年
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.
18世紀晚期的名人
...a 17th-century merchant's house.
一幢17世紀商宅
A century is any period of a hundred years.
The drought there is the worst in a century.
這是一百年來最嚴重的旱災。
In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.
1. 100 years
2. ten 10s
Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.
英國在上個世紀與埃及結成了緊密的聯盟.
Those were the halcyon days of Athens ( fifth century BC ) when she produced her finest poetry and drama, architecture and sculpture.
公元5世紀為雅典的太平盛世.雅典最優秀的詩歌、戲劇 、 建築和雕刻均產生於這一時期.
The palace was built in the fifteenth century.
這宮殿建於十五世紀.
Chinese settlers helped tame the American continent during the 19 th century.
中國移民在19世紀為開拓美洲大陸作出了貢獻.
Her reign lapped over into the seventeenth century.
她的統治延至17世紀.