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seventy-nine

/sev-uhn-tee-nahyn/US // ˈsɛv ən tiˈnaɪn //

七十九,七十九年,七九,七十九

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.
    • : a symbol for this number, as 79 or LXXIX.
    • : a set of this many persons or things.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : amounting to 79 in number.

Examples

  • Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.

  • Some seventy-plus countries currently offer some paternity leave or parental leave days reserved for the father.

  • This was nine fewer than what he needed just two years ago when 426 members of the House voted.

  • The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

  • Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

  • The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.

  • In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.

  • After about the forty-fifth year it becomes gradually less; after seventy-five years it is about one-half the amount given.

  • Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.

  • In 1848 there were only seven priests in Birmingham, and but seventy in the whole diocese.