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。

In the 19th century industry gravitated towards the north of England.

"世纪中,英国的工业移向北方。"

Mercantilism and physiocracy were precursors of the classical economics of Smith and his 19th-century successors.

重商主义和重农主义是斯密的古典经济学及其19世纪后继者（新古典经济学）的理论先驱。

Chaucer flourished at the end of the 14th century.

乔叟14世纪末享有盛名。

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。

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（为塞希合并而战的怖分子）的武装挑战。

Also there is a 1960's featurette included on the northern lights that is enjoyable too.

并且还有一部20世纪60年代描绘北极光的短片，也很有观赏性。

The cathedral at Chartres is an expression of the religious fervor of the Middle Ages.

查特雷斯的大教堂是中世纪时期宗教热情的表现之一。

The tramway fell into disuse in the 1920s.

有轨电车于20 世纪20年代不用了。

The palace was built in the fifteenth century.

这宫殿建于五世纪。

The Great Wall dates from the third century B.C.

万里长城建成于公元前三世纪。

The statue has been dated as 5th century BC.

这个雕像的年代为公元前5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。

This nineteenth-century painting shows a Druidess holding both the sickle and a sprig of mistletoe.

这世纪的绘画描绘了一位女祭司手拿着镰刀和一些槲寄生的枝叶。

In this book Dickens shows us a slice of nineteenthcentury London life.

这本书中狄更斯向我们展示了世纪伦敦生活的一个侧面。

The Inquisition of the Medieval Ages devised many demoniac means of torture.

中世纪的宗教法庭创造了许多骇人听闻的酷刑。

In the 19th century the government distributed land to settlers willing to cultivate it.

19世纪，政府将土地分发给愿意耕种的定居者。

Settlers flooded from Europe to America in the 19th century.

19世纪, 殖民者从欧洲大量涌入美洲。

We’re studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights.

我们正研究16 世纪戏剧作家的戏剧文本。

In the Middle Ages, a lord and a serf had very different places in life.

中世纪, 农奴主和农奴生活中是两个截然不同的阶级。