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century

/ˈsɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹiː/

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noun

世纪，百年。

A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

Examples :

"My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year, marking the end of the twentieth century. "

今年我爷爷奶奶庆祝了他们结婚五十周年纪念日，这也象征着二十世纪的结束。

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百人队

A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

Examples :

"The Roman army century was a unit of about 70 soldiers. "

罗马军队的百人队是一个大约由七十名士兵组成的单位。

military history organization unit group person war police essential

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百人队，森图里亚

A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

Examples :

"The Roman century was a unit of soldiers in the Roman army. "

罗马军团中的“百人队”是罗马军队中的一个士兵单位.

politics government history essential

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一百个

A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

Examples :

"The school library has a century of children's books. "

学校图书馆里有一百个书架的儿童读物。

number time history age essential

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（板球或棒球）一百分

A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

Examples :

"The cricket team celebrated the century scored by their captain in the last innings. "

板球队庆祝了他们的队长在最后一局中打出的一百分。

sport achievement essential

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一百分

A score of one hundred points.

Examples :

"That was his tenth professional century."

那是他职业生涯中的第十个一百分。

sport number achievement essential

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百米赛，百公里赛。

A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

Examples :

"The marathon runners completed the century race in record time. "

马拉松选手们以创纪录的时间完成了百公里赛。

sport race essential

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大钞，一百美元钞票

A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Examples :

"My grandfather gave me a century for my birthday. "

我爷爷给了我一张大钞作为生日礼物，那是一百美元。

finance business economy amount value number asset essential