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There have been several movements for reform over the last century.在过去的一个世纪里出现了数次改革运动。For nearly a whole century, Eastern and Western Europe remained deeply distrustful of each other.几乎有整整一个世纪，东欧和西欧彼此之间一直非常猜疑。His family goes back to the 18th century.他的家族可追溯至十八世纪。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。The company has been going strong for nearly a century.这家公司近一个世纪一直兴盛不衰。The atomic bomb is the offspring of twentieth century physics.原子弹是二十世纪物理学的产物。The temple is presumed to date from the first century BC.据推测这座寺庙建于公元前一世纪。Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.她的画反映了上个世纪普通人的生活。The play is set in 15th-century Italy.这出戏以十五世纪的义大利为背景。The idea began to pick up steam around the turn of the century.这种观点在世纪之交开始流行起来。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。The British first colonized Australia in the 18th century.十八世纪时英国人最先拓殖澳洲。The paintings were made in the sixteenth century.这些绘画创作于十六世纪。He is considered the foremost artist of this century.他被认为是本世纪最杰出的艺术家。I've passed the half-century mark. 我已年过半百。This government has presided over some of the most significant changes in education this century.本届政府领导了本世纪教育方面的一些最重大的变革。Coco Chanel reigned over fashion for half a century.可可·香奈儿在半个世纪里一直主宰着时尚界。This custom has been handed down since the 18th century.这风俗从十八世纪开始流传下来。Deaths during infancy fell dramatically in the last century.上个世纪婴儿死亡率急剧下降。The novel realistically depicts immigrant life at the beginning of the last century.小说栩栩如生地描绘了上个世纪初的移民生活。The church has become more liberal in this century.本世纪教会变得不那么守旧了。An offshoot of the family settled down on the island in the eighteenth century.这个家族的一支旁系于十八世纪在那个岛上定居下来。In the early nineteenth century Italy was under the heel of Austria.十九世纪初义大利处于奥地利的统治下。It's a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.这是发生在上个世纪的故事，讲述的是一个女孩因嫁给外国人父母与她断绝关系的事。He faked the fine furniture of the century before.他仿造了一个世纪前的精美家具。Anti-miscegenation laws prohibiting interracial sex and marriage predate the Declaration of Independence by more than a century.在独立宣言发表一个世纪前，就有反异族性关系和通婚的法律。The following quotation is taken from a nineteenth century travel diary.下面的引文选自十九世纪的一篇旅行日记。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。The drought there is the worst in a century.这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。His music hymned the benefits of electricity at the dawn of the century.他的音乐赞颂了世纪之初电带来的好处。She was one of the most brilliant minds of the last century.她是上世纪才智最为出众的人物之一。We live in the twentieth century.我们生活在二十世纪。He has the highest opinion-poll rating of any president this century.在民意调查中，他的受欢迎程度在本世纪的总统中是最高的。Disney will claim its one billionth visitor before the end of the century.到本世纪末迪士尼将迎来其第十亿位游客。For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events.半个多世纪以来，英国广播公司的播音员用沉稳的语调向英国电视观众报道世界大事。He was one of the intellectual/political giants of this century.他是本世纪的知识界巨擘／政界巨头之一。She was counted among the greatest dancers of the century.她可算是本世纪最伟大的舞蹈家之一。His family had controlled The Times for more than a century.他的家族管理了《泰晤士报》一个多世纪。The painting, which has been missing for almost half a century, only turned up when the owner of the house died.这幅遗失了近半个世纪的画作，直到房主去世才又再重现。 |