centuries

英 [ˈsɛntʃʊriz]

美 [ˈsɛntʃəriz]

n.  100年; 百年; 世纪; (一个运动员所得的)100分
century的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 世纪
  Acenturyis 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
• N-COUNT 一百年
  Acenturyis 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。
• (板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分，一百多分
  In cricket, acenturyis a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

双语例句

• The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
  几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。
• His paintings look as if they have been knocking around for centuries.
  他的画看上去就像是已经存在几百年了。
• For centuries farmers there have only just managed to survive
  几个世纪以来，那里的农民只能勉强维持生计。
• The ordered suppressed castes of centuries wither here.
  几百年来传为定制、严守不变的一套等级制度一到这里都冰消瓦解了。
• Smallpox, rampant for centuries, has finally been eliminated.
  猖獗多年的天花终于灭迹了。
• The wild ginseng of Manchuria and korea, hunted assiduously for centuries, is now all but extinct.
  人们数百年来千方百计搜寻的中国东北和朝鲜的野山参现在几乎绝迹了。
• The herb has been used for centuries to curdle milk.
  那种香草几个世纪以来都被用来制作酸乳。
• We live in a positive-sum world economy and have done so for about two centuries.
  我们生活在一个正和世界经济中，这种状态已经持续了大约两个世纪。
• Herbs have been used for centuries to make refreshing drinks.
  草药用于调制提神饮品已有好几个世纪了。
• Medicine began to turn away from botany in the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries.
  在17、18世纪的科学革命中，医学开始从植物学转而研究其他方向。