decades

英 [ˈdɛkeɪdz]

美 [dɛˈkeɪdz]

n.  十年，十年期(尤指一个年代)
decade的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 十年，十年期（尤指一个年代)
  Adecadeis a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 1980 to 1989.
  1. ...the last decade of the nineteenth century.
     19 世纪的最后 10 年

双语例句

• His priceless collection of Chinese art and artefacts was garnered over three decades.
  他那批价值连城的中国艺术品和手工艺品是花了30多年才收集起来的。
• The United Nations is resuming a diplomatic effort that has lain dormant for almost two decades.
  联合国正重新开始暂停了近20年的外交努力。
• The reforms come after decades of hostility to revisionism.
  和修正主义对抗了几十年之后，改革终于到来了。
• For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
  20年来，这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。
• The situation in the Middle East has been a controversial topic for decades.
  数十年来，中东地区的形势一直是颇有争议的问题。
• Several decades have elapsed since I graduated from the college.
  自我大学毕业已经好几十年了。
• Businessmen are trying to shake off habits learned under six decades of a protected economy
  商人们正努力改掉60年来在保护主义经济下所养成的那些习惯。
• The latter had for decades acted largely as a stooge for the party leaders.
  后者几十年来大半时间都在为该党领导人当走狗。
• Courts have been reluctant to reopen old wounds by trying crimes that are decades old.
  法院不愿重揭旧伤疤，去审理几十年前的罪案。
• For several decades thereafter control of infectious disease was based exclusively on the use of antisera and vaccines.
  此后几十年间，传染病几乎全靠抗血清及疫苗来控制。