centuries

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基本释义

n.
100年,一世纪( century的名词复数 ); 100分; 千秋

实用例句

The flagstones beneath their feet were worn smooth by centuries of use.

他们脚下的石板路经过数百年的踩踏,磨得光溜溜的。

柯林斯例句

They had five centuries of domination by the Romans.

他们被罗马人统治了5个世纪。

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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.

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The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries.

数世纪以来,媒人一直在犹太人社区扮演着重要角色。

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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。

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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。

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Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

这类纠纷在18和19世纪大量增多。

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The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.

这则古老的寓言流传了数个世纪。

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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。

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For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts.

几个世纪以来,缝被子和做布拼一直是许多人都会做的针线活儿。

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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。

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Root ginger has been used medicinally for centuries.

几百年来姜根一直作为药用。

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The centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction.

延续了几个世纪的仪式似乎要面临消亡。

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The islanders endured centuries of exploitation.

那个岛上的居民忍受了数个世纪的剥削。

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The treasure had lain undisturbed for centuries.

那份珍宝安然无恙地存放了几个世纪。

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真题例句

Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power.

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The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to make changes not seen for centuries.

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For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs.

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For example, over the centuries, they have simulated dialogues in a number of ways.

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Over the centuries, Etna's lower slopes have been shaped by human hands to take advantage of rich soils for growing grapes, apples and nuts.

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The philosophy professor says it is as relevant today as when it was first written many centuries ago.

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Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.

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Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.

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This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined.

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It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrial exploitation.

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For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

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It's particularly striking centuries later when these issues are still prominent in public discussions about social justice and women's rights.

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Most of these churches date from between the 12th and 14th centuries.

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When the molten rock of the earth's core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.

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According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because they appeal to unchanging features of human nature.

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In the 18th and early 19teh centuries, passenger pigeons were the largest bird population in the US.

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Many Chinese brands, having developed their reputations over centuries, are facing new challenges from the modern market.

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Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

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They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.

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Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries.

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Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks so large that they the sky for hours.

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He notes that each individual has many ancestors-numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back.

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People have speculated for centuries about a future without work.

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The 17th and 18th centuries were times of radical change and curiosity.

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This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, but an average guy, up against the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.

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