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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔FAMILY〕His forefathers helped settle this area a century and a half ago. 一个半世纪前他的祖先帮助开发了这一地区。朗文写作活用〔POWER/POWERFUL〕China is regaining its place as a world power, a status it enjoyed for 3,000 years and lost only a few centuries ago. 中国正在重新取得世界大国的地位，这个位子她已坐了3,000年，只是几个世纪前才失去。朗文写作活用〔basically〕Battery charging systems remain basically the same as those in use half a century ago.电池充电系统和半个世纪前基本上没什么区别。柯林斯高阶〔being〕Half a century ago, the National Health Service came into being.国民医疗保健制度形成于半个世纪前。外研社新世纪〔custom〕The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries.点燃奥林匹克圣火的习俗可以追溯到几个世纪前。柯林斯高阶〔focal point〕This port was the focal point of trade two centuries ago.两个世纪前这个港口是个贸易集结地。韦氏高阶〔invoke〕The opening paragraph invo kes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages.头一段的引言描绘出中世纪前期的英格兰景象。牛津高阶〔lord〕A century ago the aristocracy were truly lords of the earth.一个世纪前, 贵族确实是这世上的显赫人物。外研社新世纪〔miscegenation〕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。剑桥高阶〔property〕The medicinal properties of the leaves of this tree have been known for centuries.这种树叶的药性几个世纪前已为人所知。牛津搭配A century ago, eastern Germany was an agricultural hinterland.一个世纪前，德国东部是落后的农业区。剑桥国际He faked the fine furniture of the century before. 他仿造了一个世纪前的精美家具。译典通 |
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