century

Word family adjectivecenturialnouncenturiationcenturiatorcenturioncentury

Related topics: Chronology, Cricket

cen·tu·ry /ˈsentʃəri/ S2 W1 noun (plural centuries) [countableC]

1 TMCone of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birth 世纪

the 11th/18th/21st etc century

The church was built in the 13th century.

这座教堂建于13世纪。

the next/last century

by the beginning of the next century

到下个世纪初的时候

the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century)

讲述世纪初一个小农场生活的故事

2 TMCa period of 100 years 一百年

many centuries ago

很多个世纪以前

3. DSC100 runs scored by one cricket player in an innings 〔一名板球运动员在一局所得的〕一百分

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1 : one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birth

adjectives

the 18th/19th/20th/21st etc century

The movie is set in the 18th century.

the early/mid/late 18th etc century

the industrial towns of the early 19th century

the last/next century

The boats were built in the last century.

the present century

The present century has seen the start of international terrorism.

phrases

the beginning of the century

Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the 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 end/close of the century

He was writing his books towards the end of the 19th century.

the first/second half of the century

In the second half of the century, people's wages began to rise.

18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature

Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.

a16th-/19th- etc century house/church etc

They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.

verbs

date from the 18th etc century (=it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century)

The present church dates from the 13th century.

Examples from the Corpus

century• It is, he says, a place for the civic interaction of the 21st century.• The first effort at campaign finance reform was a product of the progressive era almost a century ago.• Naismith invented basketball over a century ago.• It's been women-only for more than a century.• Such trade was difficult enough in the seventeenth century.• During the period of the Tudor monarchs in the sixteenth century, Parliament acquired enhanced status.• But when I played Paul he made three successive century breaks.• Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the prospects for democracy in the electronic republic of the century ahead?• It was the worst air disaster this century.

the 11th/18th/21st etc century• Who would have thought that, as we enter the 21st century, 7.5 million people would have been served with warrants?• Rather than national liberation, it seems to be liberation from nationalism that must be the goal for the 21st century.• Now, seven years after the wall collapsed, Berlin is creating an urban showcase for the 21st century.• According to the World Bank, fresh water will become the natural resource most likely to cause wars in the 21st century.

Origin century

(1300-1400) Latin centuria, from centum; → CENT

词汇	century
释义	century Word family adjectivecenturialnouncenturiationcenturiatorcenturioncentury Related topics: Chronology, Cricket cen·tu·ry /ˈsentʃəri/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (plural centuries) [countableC] 1 TMCone of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birth 世纪 the 11th/18th/21st etc century The church was built in the 13th century. 这座教堂建于13世纪。 the next/last century by the beginning of the next century 到下个世纪初的时候 the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century) 讲述世纪初一个小农场生活的故事 2 TMCa period of 100 years 一百年 many centuries ago 很多个世纪以前 3. DSC100 runs scored by one cricket player in an innings 〔一名板球运动员在一局所得的〕一百分 n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1 : one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birth adjectives the 18th/19th/20th/21st etc century The movie is set in the 18th century. the early/mid/late 18th etc century the industrial towns of the early 19th century the last/next century The boats were built in the last century. the present century The present century has seen the start of international terrorism. phrases the beginning of the century Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the 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 end/close of the century He was writing his books towards the end of the 19th century. the first/second half of the century In the second half of the century, people's wages began to rise. 18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture. a16th-/19th- etc century house/church etc They live in a 17th-century farmhouse. verbs date from the 18th etc century (=it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century) The present church dates from the 13th century. Examples from the Corpus century• It is, he says, a place for the civic interaction of the 21st century.• The first effort at campaign finance reform was a product of the progressive era almost a century ago.• Naismith invented basketball over a century ago.• It's been women-only for more than a century.• Such trade was difficult enough in the seventeenth century.• During the period of the Tudor monarchs in the sixteenth century, Parliament acquired enhanced status.• But when I played Paul he made three successive century breaks.• Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the prospects for democracy in the electronic republic of the century ahead?• It was the worst air disaster this century. the 11th/18th/21st etc century• Who would have thought that, as we enter the 21st century, 7.5 million people would have been served with warrants?• Rather than national liberation, it seems to be liberation from nationalism that must be the goal for the 21st century.• Now, seven years after the wall collapsed, Berlin is creating an urban showcase for the 21st century.• According to the World Bank, fresh water will become the natural resource most likely to cause wars in the 21st century. Origin century (1300-1400) Latin centuria, from centum; → CENT
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