世纪

The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.

这个城堡在15 世纪得到大的扩展。

These states had lived in concord for centuries.

这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦处。

The eighteenth century sought to refine upon Shakespeare by altering and adapting his plays.

18世纪, 人们试图通过改编莎士比亚的作品来超过他。

The best airships were the giant Graf Zeppelin and the luxurious Hindenburg of the 1930s.

最好的飞船是20世纪30年代特大的齐柏林号和豪华的兴登堡号。

Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.

英国在上个世纪与埃及结成紧密的联盟。

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.

太空时代始于二十世纪。

We’re studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights.

我们正在研究16 世纪戏剧作家的戏剧文本。

That pronunciation was current in the 18th century.

那种发音在18世纪很流行。

These letters have lain under wraps since the 1940s.

这些信件从20世纪40年代起就被密存起来。

The century has rounded into its ninth decade.

本世纪已进入90年代。

These legends came down to us from the 15th century.

这些传说是从十五世纪流传下来的。

The man is a sixteenth Spanish navigator.

那个人是十六世纪的航海家。

The hotel has the splendor of a nineteenth-century mansion.

这家有19 世纪豪宅的华丽风格。

One of the rooms was got up to represent the hall of a mediaeval castle.

一个房间被装饰成中世纪城堡的府第。

Chaucer wrote in the late mediaeval period.

乔叟写作的时代是中世纪末。

Smith and Lamb posted a century partnership.

史密斯和拉姆创造世纪搭档的记录。

The museum has a fine collection of medieval ivories.

该博物收藏着一批精美的中世纪象牙制品。

That theory fell into disfavo(u)r in the nineteenth century.

那种理论在19世纪就不受欢迎。

Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace.

也许19世纪最不寻常的建筑物要算`水晶宫'。

I’m not really at home with seventeenth-century literature. I specialize in the nineteenth century.

我对十七世纪文学不太熟悉，我的专业是十九世纪文学。