decade
英 ['deke?d; d?'ke?d]
美['d?ked]
- n. 十年，十年期；十
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?decades;
中文詞源
decade 十年
來自PIE*dekm, 十，詞源同ten,dean.
英文詞源
- decade
- decade: see decimal
- decade (n.)
- mid-15c., "ten parts" (of anything; originally in reference to the books of Livy), from Middle French décade (14c.), from Late Latin decadem (nominative decas), from Greek dekas (genitive dekados) "group of ten," from deka "ten" (see ten). Meaning "period of ten years" is 1590s in English.
雙語例句
- 1. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.
- 這些發(fā)展早在十多年前的萌芽階段就已預(yù)見到。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Breakfast television arrived in British life precisely a decade ago.
- 準(zhǔn)確地說，早間電視節(jié)目于10年前進(jìn)入英國人的生活。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.
- 十年后，該公司已經(jīng)逐漸壯大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.
- 在過去10年里，這些照相機(jī)的價(jià)格只是略有提高。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The 1950s were the decade of Hong Kong's industrial take-off.
- 20世紀(jì)50年代是香港工業(yè)開始快速發(fā)展的10年。
來自柯林斯例句