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词汇 century
释义
century
1. noun
1
a $100 note US, 1859.
2
one hundred pounds (£100) UK, 1861.
3
one hundred yards US, 1989.
4
one hundred miles US, 1956.
5
in motor racing, 100 miles per hour US, 1965
2. verb
to save one hundred dollars US, 1970
idiomcenturydrag sb into the 20th/21st century BrEBrE(also drag sth into the 20th/21st century)modern to try to make people more modern in their ideas, methods, or equipment:It's going to be a full-time job to drag Europe into the twenty-first century.You can't help noticing that all attempts to drag the Royal Family into the 20th century have failed so far.
Note You may hear people talking about dragging someone into a time that has already passed, such as the 1960s, 70s etc, in order to show that they are very old-fashioned and you want to make them at least a bit more modernPerhaps it's time that we dragged this newspaper into the 1960s.

the turn of the year

At or near the end of one year and the beginning of another. The turn of the year is always my busiest period as that's when our annual audit takes place. It's a little strange because their new fiscal year starts in March, unlike most companies who start theirs at the turn of the year.

the turn of the century

At or near the end of one century and the beginning of another. At the turn of the 20th century, the introduction of factory electrification caused a huge boom in manufacturing. Scientists predict we won't see artificial intelligence that sophisticated until the turn of the century.

century note

A United States $100 bill. In an attempt to impress his date, Fred pulled a century note out of his pocket to pay for dinner.

turn of the century

the time when the year changes to one with two final zeros, such as from 1899 to 1900. (Although technically incorrect-a new century begins with the year ending in 01—most people ignore this.) My family moved to America at the turn of the century. My uncle was born before the turn of the last century.

turn of the century

The beginning or end of a particular century, as in That idiom dates from the turn of the century, that is to say, about 1900. This expression was first recorded in 1926.

the ˌturn of the ˈcentury/ˈyear

the time when a new century/year starts: He was born around the turn of the century.

century note

n. a one-hundred-dollar bill. (see also C-note.) I got a couple of century notes for driving these guys home from the bank.
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