century

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century的基本意思有二：一是“百年”,指“100年”這段時間,二是指從耶穌的誕辰之日算起的每個百年,即“世紀”。
“二十一世紀”應說the 21st century, century前需用序數(shù)詞,竝加定冠詞the；“十九世紀五十年代”應說the fifties of the nineteenth century。
this century或the century指“本世紀”; last century指“上個世紀”; the last century指“過去的一百年”; next century指“下個世紀”; the next century指“以後的一百年”,有時也指“下個世紀”。
century在躰育用語中指棒球比賽中的“一百分”。

The century has brought us not only new things to see but new ways of seeing.
本世紀以來我們不但有了許多新事物,而且有了看待問題的新方法。

A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
A century is any period of a hundred years.