Search results for ‘century’
Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 159)
- 世纪
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- 百分
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- 1. 100 percent (the highest percentage).
- 2. A card game.
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- 技术革命(技術革命)
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Technology reform; a fundamental and great reform in production technology, e.g. The invention and application of steam engine in the end of 19 century, the find and application of electrical power in the end of 19 century, the find, invention and application of nuclear energy and computer in the middle of 20 century.
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- 世纪末(世紀末)
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The end of a century; the last period of a century; referring to 1890s during which a crisis was lurked in the European capital society indicating the end of the century, later it refers to the degenerating stage of a society.
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- 玛雅文明(瑪雅文明)
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Maya civilization; civilization created by the ancient Mayans in central America during the period of the 25th century B.C. to the 16th century A.D. a developed civilization with pictographs, highly developed agriculture, mathematics, astronomy, legislation, religious rites, as well as many magnificent pyramids from the 3rd century B.C.; (玛雅: transliteration from English word "Maya" ).
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Examples (1-5 of 29)
- 跨世纪工程
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project that will not be completed until the next century; project that will extend into the next century
- 十九世纪末叶
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the end of the 19th century; the late 19th century
- 二十一世纪展望
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prospects for the 21st century; the 21st century in prospect
- 19世纪末的中国已经日益腐朽,20世纪末的中国开始渐渐繁荣。
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China at the end of the 19th century was deteriorating, but it was beginning to prosper at the end of the 20th century.
- 本世纪初
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the beginning of this century
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