世纪

Hundreds of African people were captured and sold into slavery in the 17th century.

在17世，数百名非洲人被捕获并被卖为奴隶。

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

最好飞船是20世30特大齐柏林号和豪华兴登堡号。

The important events at the beginning of the century provided the backdrop for his novel.

本世初一些重大事件为他小说提供了背景。

Barrow-in-Furness grew into a fishing village of about three hundred people by the 1840s.

到19世40巴洛因弗内斯发展成了一个约有300人渔村。

John looked into the chronicles of the Middle Ages last week.

约翰在上周浏览了中世编史。

The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.

这个堡在15 世得到了相当大扩展。

These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

这些夜总会在17世时原来是咖啡馆。

The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.

中世也是骑士制度盛行时。

These states had lived in concord for centuries.

这些国家几个世以来一直和睦相处。

James Dean was a cult hero of the fifties.

詹姆斯·迪安在20 世50 备受推崇。

In this old castle you can see cannons from the 17th century.

在这座古堡里你可以看到十七世火炮。

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.

太空时开始于二十世。

Fleming discovered penicillin early in the twentieth century.

弗莱明在20世初首次发现了青霉素。

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.

英国现行政治制度是经过几个世逐步发展而成。

Cycling enjoyed a vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.

19 世末骑自行车曾风行一时。

By the 1950s Britain faced armed EOKA terrorists fighting for enosis (union) with Greece.

20世50，英国面临埃奥卡（为塞希合并而战恐怖分子）武装挑战。

Chaucer flourished at the end of the 14th century.

乔叟在14世末享有盛名。

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

这些传说是从十五世流传下来。

The man is a sixteenth Spanish navigator.

那个人是十六世航海家。

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堡府第。