世纪

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

17世纪，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。

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

本世纪初的一些重大事件为他的小说提供了背景。

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

到19世纪40年代巴洛因弗内斯发展成了一个有300人的。

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

翰上周浏览了中世纪的编年史。

The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.

这个堡15 世纪得到了相当大的扩展。

These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

这些夜17世纪时原来是咖啡馆。

The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.

中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代。

These states had lived in concord for centuries.

这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。

James Dean was a cult hero of the fifties.

詹姆斯·迪安20 世纪50 年代备受推崇。

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

这座古老的堡里你可以看到十七世纪的火炮。

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.

太空时代开始于二十世纪。

Fleming discovered penicillin early in the twentieth century.

弗莱明20世纪初首次发现了青霉素。

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.

英国的现行政治制度是经过几个世纪逐步发展而成的。

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

19 世纪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世纪50年代，英国面临埃奥卡（为塞希合并而战的恐怖分子）的武装挑战。

Chaucer flourished at the end of the 14th century.

乔叟14世纪末享有盛名。

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。

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堡的府第。