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decade

英 ['dekeɪd; dɪ'keɪd] 美 ['dɛked]

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解释

n. 十年，十年期；十

※ 提供单词"decade"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

decade 十年

来自PIE*dekm, 十，词源同ten,dean.

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.: 这些发展早在十多年前的萌芽阶段就已预见到。

2. Breakfast television arrived in British life precisely a decade ago.: 准确地说，早间电视节目于10年前进入英国人的生活。

3. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.: 十年后，该公司已经逐渐壮大。

4. These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.: 在过去10年里，这些照相机的价格只是略有提高。

5. The 1950s were the decade of Hong Kong's industrial take-off.: 20世纪50年代是香港工业开始快速发展的10年。