centenary

Word family nouncentenariancentenarianismcentenarycentenier

Related topics: Chronology

cen·te·na·ry /senˈtiːnəri $ -ˈten-, ˈsentəneri/ noun (plural centenaries) especially British EnglishBrE (also centennial /senˈteniəl/ especially American EnglishAmE) [countableC]

TMCthe day or year exactly 100 years after a particular event 一百周年（纪念）

centenary of

a concert to mark the centenary of the composer’s birth

纪念这位作曲家百年华诞的音乐会

Examples from the Corpus

centenary• In a society that values freedom above all, the obvious way to celebrate a centenary is just to keep driving.• Please help us raise funds now so our four-legged inmates can celebrate our centenary in 1992.• When Einstein's centenary came along in 1979 there was a flurry of publishing activity.• An event such as a school centenary can often produce a wealth of material from the local community.• I wish to produce the brochure in time for its issue to have maximum circulation and impact to ensure a successful centenary.• Part of the programme included talks prepared by the cadets on the subject of the centenary.• The centenary of Ivon Hitchens' birth is commemorated by several exhibitions of his work.• By extreme good fortune, Blackpool can celebrate its tramway centenary with one of its original ten cars of 1885.

单词	centenary
释义	centenary Word family nouncentenariancentenarianismcentenarycentenier Related topics: Chronology cen·te·na·ry /senˈtiːnəri $ -ˈten-, ˈsentəneri/ noun (plural centenaries) especially British EnglishBrE (also centennial /senˈteniəl/ especially American EnglishAmE) [countableC] TMCthe day or year exactly 100 years after a particular event 一百周年（纪念） centenary of a concert to mark the centenary of the composer’s birth 纪念这位作曲家百年华诞的音乐会 Examples from the Corpus centenary• In a society that values freedom above all, the obvious way to celebrate a centenary is just to keep driving.• Please help us raise funds now so our four-legged inmates can celebrate our centenary in 1992.• When Einstein's centenary came along in 1979 there was a flurry of publishing activity.• An event such as a school centenary can often produce a wealth of material from the local community.• I wish to produce the brochure in time for its issue to have maximum circulation and impact to ensure a successful centenary.• Part of the programme included talks prepared by the cadets on the subject of the centenary.• The centenary of Ivon Hitchens' birth is commemorated by several exhibitions of his work.• By extreme good fortune, Blackpool can celebrate its tramway centenary with one of its original ten cars of 1885.
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