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decennium

/dih-sen-ee-uhm/US // dɪˈsɛn i əm //UK // (dɪˈsɛnɪəm) //

十年,十年期,十年来,旬刊

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural de·cen·ni·ums, de·cen·ni·a [dih-sen-ee-uh]. /dɪˈsɛn i ə/.

    • : a period of ten years; a decade.

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Examples

  • We have spoken of a splendid Decennium in the Duke of Marlborough's campaigns—that from 1702 to 1712.

  • One short decennium has comprehended within its circuit the beginning and the end of this unparalleled hurricane.

  • In England, it is true that the largest cities show during the last decennium a certain slackening in the pace of growth.

  • The second decennium still found him employed chiefly in research, vertebrate and extinct forms absorbing most of his attention.

  • He was occupied actively with teaching, but the dominant feature of the decennium was his assumption of the Darwinian doctrines.