用作名词(n.)

This book was written centuries ago.这本书是几百年前写的。

Many centuries have passed since that time.从那时起，几百年过去了。

He flourished in the early 18th century.他在18世纪早期享有盛名。

The palace was built in the fifteenth century.这宫殿建于十五世纪。

It was considered as the best novel of the century.这本书是那个世纪最好的一部小说。

用作名词(n.)

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。

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。

Our history course didn't touch the 20th century.
我们的历史课没有涉及20世纪。

In this castle there are cannons from the 15th century.
这个城堡里有15世纪的各种火炮。

This book was first translated from French into Engpsh in the 15th century.
这本书15世纪时首次由法文译成英文。

Travel in the seventeenth century was often slow and dangerous.
旅行在17世纪时既费时又危险。

He'll give a talk on the main currents in the 19th century pterature.
他将要作的讲座是关于19世纪文学主要流派。

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。

Modern music has broken away from the 18th century rules.
现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的格式。

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。

The famous artist pved almost a century.
这位画家活了差不多一百岁。

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。

Independence was achieved over the last century.
独立已有一百多年了。

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。

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。

You are out of your century.
你跟不上时代。

He scored the most fantastic century I have ever witnessed.
他获得100分是我所见过的最棒的。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

pve out a century活过一个世纪,活过百岁

span a century跨世纪

形容词+～

brilpant century光辉的世纪

half a century半个世纪

last century上一个世纪

modern century当代,本世纪

next century下世纪

past -ries过去的几个世纪

present century本世纪

previous century前一个世纪

介词+～

from the...century to the...century从…世纪至…世纪

in the...century在…世纪

over〔through〕 the -ries经过若干世纪

n.(名词)

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”。

“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。

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”。

century在体育用语中指棒球比赛中的“一百分”。

用作名词(n.)

This book was written centuries ago.这本书是几百年前写的。

Many centuries have passed since that time.从那时起，几百年过去了。

He flourished in the early 18th century.他在18世纪早期享有盛名。

The palace was built in the fifteenth century.这宫殿建于十五世纪。

It was considered as the best novel of the century.这本书是那个世纪最好的一部小说。

用作名词(n.)

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。

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。

Our history course didn't touch the 20th century.
我们的历史课没有涉及20世纪。

In this castle there are cannons from the 15th century.
这个城堡里有15世纪的各种火炮。

This book was first translated from French into Engpsh in the 15th century.
这本书15世纪时首次由法文译成英文。

Travel in the seventeenth century was often slow and dangerous.
旅行在17世纪时既费时又危险。

He'll give a talk on the main currents in the 19th century pterature.
他将要作的讲座是关于19世纪文学主要流派。

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。

Modern music has broken away from the 18th century rules.
现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的格式。

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。

The famous artist pved almost a century.
这位画家活了差不多一百岁。

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。

Independence was achieved over the last century.
独立已有一百多年了。

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。

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。

You are out of your century.
你跟不上时代。

He scored the most fantastic century I have ever witnessed.
他获得100分是我所见过的最棒的。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

pve out a century活过一个世纪,活过百岁

span a century跨世纪

形容词+～

brilpant century光辉的世纪

half a century半个世纪

last century上一个世纪

modern century当代,本世纪

next century下世纪

past -ries过去的几个世纪

present century本世纪

previous century前一个世纪

介词+～

from the...century to the...century从…世纪至…世纪

in the...century在…世纪

over〔through〕 the -ries经过若干世纪

【近义词】

• period一段时间
• era纪元
• time时间
• span时期
• epoch 时期
• centenary一百年
• year年
• hundred百
• ten十
• one一
• years很久；年，年度...
• C字母C
• 100one hundred,...
• centred冷静的