Century
[ 'sɛntʃəri ]
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n. 百年，一世纪;百个;（板球）一百分;<美>百元钞票;
💡 词根助记
cent 表”百”; 十进制中表小数点的前缀
📝 例句
Gunpowder was used in China as far back as the 11th century.
远在公元11世纪, 中国已使用火药。
the advent of a new century
新世纪的到来
Humanity has suffered more from war in this century than ever before.
人类在本世纪所遭受的战祸较以往更多更惨。
As a technology, facsimile transmission is more than a century old.
作为一项技术，传真传送的历史已有一个多世纪。
It lasted well into this century.
那事情已持续深入这一世纪。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ cent-一分钱,ury-cry哭:他掉了一分钱竟然哭了一百年
※ cent-分币,u-you你,ry-拼音“人妖”:你和人妖有上个世纪的分币
※ cen-拼音“尘”,tu-拼音“土”,ry-拼音“容颜”:古墓中尘土里的容颜几十世纪过去了仍栩栩如生
🔤 词根
centi-表示“百”
📖 牛津释义
century
n
1
(a) period of 100 years 100年.
(b) (abbr 缩写 c, cent) any of the periods of 100 years before or after the death of Jesus Christ 世纪（指耶稣基督去世以前或以後每100年的期间）
the 20th century, ie AD 1900-1999 第20世纪（公元1900-1999年）
at the turn of the century, ie when one ends and the next begins 在两个世纪之交（在一个世纪结束, 下一个世纪开始时）.
2 (in cricket) score of 100 runs by one batsman in an innings （板球）（击球员在一局所得的）百分
make/score a century 得百分
a double century, ie 200 runs in an innings 双百分（一局得200分）.
🎯 考研助记
一百(cent)+ury 百年 世纪
🔁 扩展释义
*['sentʃuri]n. 世纪, 百年
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Just because. How's the baby?
没有原因。孩子好吗？
I know he will be able to find way there.
我知道他会找到那里的路。
when they would be capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggesting alternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctors to diagnose illnesses, when they would relieve office workers and accountants of dull, repetitiv
计算机可以使办公室人员和会计免除那些枯燥、重复的劳动。