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[1] n. 世纪, 百年

[ 'sɛntʃʊrɪ ]

1. The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
   山上的老教堂的歷史可以追溯到12世紀。
2. Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.
   有科學家預計地球的石油儲備將會在十年內耗盡。
3. Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.
   倫敦許多部份在十七世紀時被摧毀。
4. The twenty-first century begins in 2001.
   二十一世紀是在二零零一年開始的。
5. 2001 is the year when the 21st century begins.
   2001年时21世纪的开始。
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6. A century is one hundred years.
   一个世纪就是一百年。
7. The atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics.
   原子弹是二十世纪物理学的产物。
8. At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
   雖然已經踏入了新世紀，但是工廠僱用童工的情況還是沒有改善。
9. It is well known that up to the middle of the last century Japan was a feudal state.
   眾所周知，直到上個世紀中葉日本是一個封建國家。
10. He was born in the 19th century.
    他生于19世纪。
11. A hundred years is called a century.
    一百年叫做一个世纪。
12. It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
    竞选活动的声势也来自那些已不再年轻的人们，他们冒着严寒酷暑，敲开陌生人的家门进行竞选宣传；竞选声势也源自数百万的美国民众，他们充当志愿者和组织者，他们证明了在两百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。
13. And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
    我知道你们的所做的一切并不只是为了赢得选举，我也知道你们做这一切并不是为了我。你们这样做是因为你们明白前面的任务有多么艰巨。即便我们今晚欢呼庆祝，我们也知道明天将面临我们一生之中最艰难的挑战——两场战争、一个面临危险的星球，一个世纪以来最严重的金融危机。
14. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America. The heartache and the hope, the struggle and the progress. The times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes, we can.
    今天晚上，我想到了她在美国过去一百年间所经历的种种：心痛和希望；斗争和进步；在那里时代，我们被告知我们办不到，一些人继续坚信着美国的信念——是的，我们能做到。
15. America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves, if our children should live to see the next century, if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
    美国，我们已经走过了一条漫漫长路。我们已经历了很多。但是我们仍有很多事情要做。因此今夜，请让我们自问--如果我们的孩子能够活到下个世纪；如果我的女儿有幸活得和安一样长，她们将会看到怎样的改变？我们将会取得什么样的进步。
16. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.
    我很榮幸能來到開羅這座不朽的城市，並受到兩所著名學府的招待。千載以來，艾資哈爾大學一直擔任著伊斯蘭教育的指路明燈；百年以來，開羅大學亦一直是埃及全國的發展泉源。
17. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world.
    我们的建国理念是“人人生而平等”。几个世纪以来，我们一直在全国乃至世界范围内为实践上述理念的真谛而浴血奋斗。
18. The wedding will be held in a 17th century church.
    婚禮會在一座十七世紀的教堂裏舉行。
19. 100 years is called a century.
    一百年叫做一个世纪。
20. The qipao is a classic female garment that originated in 17th century China.
    旗袍是一种17世纪起源于中国的传统式样的女性服装。
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