century

noun

1. 100年；百年
   a period of 100 years
2. 世纪
   any of the periods of 100 years before or after the birth of Christ
   1. the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
      20世纪
   2. eighteenth-century writers
      18世纪的作家
3. （一个运动员所得的）100分
   a score of 100 runs by one player

1. N-COUNT 世纪
   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.
   1. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
      18世纪晚期的名人
   2. ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
      一幢17世纪商宅
2. N-COUNT 一百年
   A century is any period of a hundred years.
   1. The drought there is the worst in a century.
      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, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

1. To the rear is a large dining room — added on early this century.
   后边是一个大餐厅——本世纪早期增建的。
2. When Dutch colonial rule ended in the 19th century the civil service was anglicised.
   荷兰殖民统治在19世纪结束时，文职部门已被英国化了。
3. Battery charging systems remain basically the same as those in use half a century ago.
   电池充电系统和半个世纪前基本上没什么区别。
4. The 20th century brought brutal change to some countries.
   20世纪一些国家发生了无情的变化。
5. The drought there is the worst in a century.
   这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
6. After looking at the jug, Faulkner concurred that it was late Roman, third or fourth century
   看了这个罐子之后，福克纳赞成罐子属于罗马帝国晚期的说法，即3或4世纪。
7. In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California
   19世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。
8. He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
   他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。
9. Some have called him the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century.
   有人曾称他为20世纪最伟大的艺人。
10. The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century
    到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。
11. Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.
    正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。
12. 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。
13. They can trace their lineage directly back to the 18th century.
    他们的世系可以直接追溯到18世纪。
14. Modern linguistics emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth century.
    现代语言学在19世纪作为一个独立的领域出现。
15. The television screens of the next century will be linked up to an emerging world telecommunications grid.
    下个世纪的电视屏幕将会接入到正在形成的全球电信网络中。
16. The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
    这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
17. The next election is for the government to take us into the new century.
    下次选举要选出带领我们进入新世纪的政府。
18. The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases
    条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。
19. The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
    19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。
20. The core of the Festival's programme centres round performances of new and 20th century work.
    这个音乐节最重要的节目以演奏20世纪的作品和新作为主。
21. They were forged by them, moreover, into a self-conscious nation as early as the 10th century
    另外，早在10世纪，他们就被其锻造成了一个具有自我意识的民族。
22. The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present
    展览追溯了美国从19世纪至今的平面设计历史。
23. The director transposes the action from 16th Century France to post-Civil War America.
    导演把情节从16世纪的法国调换到内战后的美国。
24. They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
    他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
25. From 1066 to the 17th century the fox was looked upon as vermin.
    从1066年到17世纪，狐狸一直被视为害兽。
26. Even in the 18th century scholars continued to give primacy to the written word.
    甚至到了18世纪，学者们仍然将书面语放在第一位。
27. The century produces many great men.
    这个世纪出了许多大人物。
28. The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
    英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
29. The friendly intercourse between our two countries can be traced back to last century.
    我们两国之间的友好往来可以追溯到上个世纪。

n.

the turn of the century/year

• 世纪之交；新年伊始；辞旧迎新之际
  the time when a new century/year starts
  1. It was built at the turn of the century.
     这是在世纪之交修建的。

noun

1. ten 10s

   Synonym:    hundred100Cone C

2. a period of 100 years