bicentenary

noun

1. 200周年；200周年纪念日
   the year, or the day, when you celebrate an important event that happened exactly 200 years earlier

1. 二百周年（纪念）
   A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.

in AM, use 美国英语用 bicentennial

1. Many events have been planned this year to celebrate the bicentenary of the author's best loved novel.
   今年计划将会有很多活动庆祝奥斯汀这部最受欢迎的小说的200周年纪念。
2. As the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth on February12th approaches, it is good to welcome a biography which is relatively small, but in no way superficial or scanty.
   随着2月12日，查尔斯达尔文两百年诞辰的临近，翻翻一本相对较薄却非缺乏深度或勉强凑数的传记是个不错的主意。
3. 1949 was the bicentenary of Goethe's birth.
   1949年是歌德诞生二百周年。
4. After more than four weeks away, President Chavez has returned in time to celebrate Venezuela's bicentenary of independence from Spain, which begins at midnight.
   经过四个多星期的时间后，查韦斯总统及时回国参加午夜开始的庆祝委内瑞拉从西班牙独立200周年的庆典。
5. It is difficult to telescope 200 years of history into one lecture. The town will have its bicentenary next year.
   把二百年的历史浓缩在一个讲座中很是困难。该城的二百周年纪念日明年即将到来。
6. Tens of thousands of Mexicans thronged into the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the bicentenary of Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
   数万名墨西哥民众本周三涌上街头，庆祝墨西哥独立200周年。墨西哥在独立前曾为西班牙殖民地。
7. The company's bicentenary was in1974.
   一九七四年是这公司成立二百周年。
8. The western part of America was lawless 200 years ago. The town will have its bicentenary next year.
   二百年前，美国西部是没有法纪的。该城的二百周年纪念日明年即将到来。
9. Depending on how you define a motor vehicle, the motor industry at the turn of the millennium should have been celebrating not its centenary, but its bicentenary.
   在新千年之际，应当庆祝的不是汽车工业的百年历史，而应该是两百年的历史，当然，这取决于你如何定义一辆汽车。
10. Sponsored by the Australia – China Friendship Society to mark the Australian Bicentenary Celebrations.
    由澳大利亚-中国友好协会为了纪念澳大利亚200周年的庆祝活动。
11. Australia's bicentenary was in1988.
    澳大利亚建国200周年是在1988年。

noun

1. the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

   Synonym:    bicentennial

adj

1. of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years
   1. bicentennial celebration

   Synonym:    bicentennial