dec·ade
noun OPAL W
/ˈdekeɪd/, /dɪˈkeɪd/
/ˈdekeɪd/, /dɪˈkeɪd/
- a period of ten years, especially a continuous period, such as 1910–1919 or 2000–2009
十年,十年期(尤指一个年代) - the early decades of the nineteenth century
十九世纪的前几十年 - The nineties were a decade of rapid advances.
九十年代是快速发展的十年。 - a career spanning five decades
长达五十年的职业生涯 - over a decade He's changed a lot over the past decade.
在过去的十年里,他改变了很多。 - for decades The war may be short but the environmental impacts could last for decades.
战事虽短,但对环境的影响会持续数十年。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb1- Now entering her fourth decade, the singer is living alone in New York.
这名年过四旬的歌手现在独居于纽约。 - This decade began badly for us.
我们这个十年开始得不顺利。 - almost a full decade of unparalleled economic growth
几乎整整十年绝无仅有的经济增长
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- present
- coming
- …
- spend
- span
- enter
- …
- elapse
- go by
- pass
- …
- during a/the decade
- in a/the decade
- over a/the decade
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting each of ten parts of a literary work): via Old French and late Latin from Greek deka ‘ten’. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent. - the early decades of the nineteenth century