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quinquennium

/kwin-kwen-ee-uhm, kwing-/US // kwɪnˈkwɛn i əm, kwɪŋ- //UK // (kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm) //

五年期,五年期,五年,五年期的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quin·quen·ni·ums, quin·quen·ni·a [kwin-kwen-ee-uh, kwing-]. /kwɪnˈkwɛn i ə, kwɪŋ-/.

    • : a period of five years.

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Examples

  • But what a preceding Quinquennium—that from 1672 to 1677—have we here, for a moment, before us!

  • In the quinquennium ending 1885 the number of such cigars was 34 millions.

  • In the last quinquennium the number exceeded 2,000 millions.

  • Then there came to Rome the famed Quinquennium Neronis, when, for five years, peace and plenty smiled.