n.(名词)

1. 百年，世纪
2. 【板】一百分
3. 百个，百
4. 百人队，百人团
5. 百镑、百元（钞票）
6. 百码赛跑，自行车百里赛
7. 古罗马选民单位（百人组，每组有一投票权）

n.(名词)

1. [C]一百年 period of 100 years
2. [C]一百分 score of 100 runs by one batsman in an innings

Noun:

1. a period of 100 years

2. ten 10s

1.世纪
Acentury 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.

e.g. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenthcentury.
18世纪晚期的名人
e.g. ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
一幢17世纪商宅

2.一百年
Acentury is any period of a hundred years.

e.g. The drought there is the worst in acentury.
这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。

3.(板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分，一百多分
In cricket, acentury is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

1. 一百年：世纪指一百年(century),用"the+序数词+century"表示. Examples: inthe2ndcentury在二世纪 inthemid13thcentury在十三世纪中叶 世纪给人们带来的一个麻烦是,怎样确定某年属于哪个世纪. 我们可以简单 地概括为:在百位数中加1,

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3. 一世紀：对於 2000 年或之后的日期, 由於闰年的置法与前一世纪 (century) 不同, 起法也不同了.对於 2000 年或之后的日期, 由於闰年的置法与前一世纪 (century) 不同, 起法也不同了.对於 2000 年或之后的日期, 由於闰年的置法与前一世纪 (century) 不同, 起法也不

the 20th century (= AD1901'u20132000 or 1900'u20131999)

20世纪

eighteenth-century writers

18世纪的作家

...a 17th-century merchant's house.

一幢17世纪商宅

The drought there is the worst in a century.

这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。

...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.

18世纪晚期的名人

Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.

英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟.

Those were the halcyon days of Athens ( fifth century BC ) when she produced her finest poetry and drama, architecture and sculpture.

公元5世纪为雅典的太平盛世.雅典最优秀的诗歌、戏剧 、 建筑和雕刻均产生于这一时期.

The palace was built in the fifteenth century.

这宫殿建于十五世纪.

Chinese settlers helped tame the American continent during the 19 th century.

中国移民在19世纪为开拓美洲大陆作出了贡献.

Her reign lapped over into the seventeenth century.

她的统治延至17世纪.

These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

这些夜总会在17世纪时原来是咖啡馆.

He was counted among the greatest singers of the century.

在本世纪最伟大的歌唱家中,他算是一个.

The paintings of Paul Ce & 1 & zanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20 th century.

保罗·塞尚的绘画预示了20世纪初叶立体主义的兴起.

Modern music has broken away from 18 th century rules.

现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的规则.

Gunpowder was used in China as far back as the 11 th century.

远在公元11世纪,中国已使用火药.

A century ago, eastern Germany was an agricultural hinterland.

一个世纪前, 德国东部是个农业的内陆地区.

Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

然而在实际生活中, 有些事情有时候的确好象神差鬼使一样地促成了一些除了十九世纪小说家外谁也不会相信的巧合.

Cycling enjoyed a vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.

19世纪末骑自行车曾风行一时.

This a facsimile edition of an eighteenth century book.

这是一本18世纪书籍的复制版.

the enclosure of common land in the seventeenth century

17世纪对公用地的圈占

the site of a sixteenth century abbey

一座十六世纪的修道院的旧址

The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.

19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。

This century wrought major changes in our society.

本世纪给我们的社会带来了重大变革。

The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America.

本世纪最恶劣的冬季暴风雪横扫北美东海岸。

The greatest polemicist of the 20th century must be Leon Trotsky.

20世纪最了不起的辩论家非列昂·托洛茨基莫属。

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。

In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.

同样从社会政治学上看，城市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也意义重大。

DAB is the radio system of the 21st century.

数字音频广播是21世纪的无线电广播系统。

The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English.

这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。

1. The century has brought us not only new things to see but new ways of seeing.
   本世纪以来我们不但有了许多新事物,而且有了看待问题的新方法。
2. The woman artist's work takes its place among the most important paintings of this century.
   这位女画家的作品成为本世纪最重要的画作之一。
3. Our history course didn't touch the 20th century.
   我们的历史课没有涉及20世纪。
4. In this castle there are cannons from the 15th century.
   这个城堡里有15世纪的各种火炮。
5. This book was first translated from French into English in the 15th century.
   这本书15世纪时首次由法文译成英文。
6. Travel in the seventeenth century was often slow and dangerous.
   旅行在17世纪时既费时又危险。
7. He'll give a talk on the main currents in the 19th century literature.
   他将要作的讲座是关于19世纪文学主要流派。
8. The American West was hardly settled until the 15th century.
   美国西部直到15世纪才有人在那里定居。
9. Modern music has broken away from the 18th century rules.
   现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的格式。
10. These books were full of the scientific thought in the 19th century.
    这些书充满了19世纪的科学思想。
11. The famous artist lived almost a century.
    这位画家活了差不多一百岁。
12. The house has stood two hundred years and will stand another century.
    这房屋已历经二百年,而且还可以持续另一个世纪。
13. Independence was achieved over the last century.
    独立已有一百多年了。
14. Our trade with Africa will improve next century.
    下一世纪我们同非洲的贸易将进一步提高。
15. As a writer in China, he should try to get the Nobel Prize in the next century.
    作为一个中国作家,他应该为以后的一百年中获得诺贝尔奖而努力。
16. You are out of your century.
    你跟不上时代。
17. He scored the most fantastic century I have ever witnessed.
    他获得100分是我所见过的最棒的。

动词+～

• century">live out a century活过一个世纪,活过百岁
• century">span a century跨世纪

形容词+～

• century">brilliant century光辉的世纪
• century">half a century半个世纪
• century">last century上一个世纪
• century">modern century当代,本世纪
• century">next century下世纪
• past -ries过去的几个世纪
• century">present century本世纪
• century">previous century前一个世纪

介词+～

• century%20to%20the_2E_2E_2Ecentury">from the...century to the...century从…世纪至…世纪
• century">in the...century在…世纪
• over〔through〕 the -ries经过若干世纪

• Centuries of armed men..firing from windows.

  出自：transf.

Schedule-(学习进度)

A：What’s your schedule like this year?
你今年的课程表进度怎么样？

B：Pretty busy. I have to pick up a lot of credits this year.
很紧。我今年要修很多学分。

A：What’s your major?
你学什么专业？

B：I’m majoring in French literature.
法国文学。

century的近义词

A：Oh, don’t you have to take that class on 18thcentury poetry? It’s really difficult. I hear the students in that class have to write a paper 100 pages long.
哦，你们不需要上关于18世纪的诗歌这门课吗？真的很难，我听说修这门课的学生要写100页的论文。

B：That’s right. We got the assignment last week.
对呀，这是我们上个星期布置的作业。

A：When is it due?
什么时候交？

B：Next Monday!
下星期一。

A：Remind me never to sign up for that course!
提醒我决不要选那门课。

n.(名词)

1. century的基本意思有二：一是“百年”,指“100年”这段时间,二是指从耶稣的诞辰之日算起的每个百年,即“世纪”。
2. “二十一世纪”应说the 21st century, century前需用序数词,并加定冠词the；“十九世纪五十年代”应说the fifties of the nineteenth century。
3. this century或the century指“本世纪”; last century指“上个世纪”; the last century指“过去的一百年”; next century指“下个世纪”; the next century指“以后的一百年”,有时也指“下个世纪”。
4. century在体育用语中指棒球比赛中的“一百分”。

• ☆ 1530左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁英语的centuria，意为一百年。