decade

【发音】

美 /'dɛked/ 英 /'dekeɪd; dɪ'keɪd/

【翻译】

1. n.十年，十年期

   英释:a period of 10 years

【记忆】

dec(十) ＋ ade → 十年， 十年期

【短语】

1. over the past decade : 在过去的十年里

【例句】

1. the last decade of the nineteenth century

   19世纪的最后10年

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The study relied on people remembering what they had done over each decade of their lives...

2. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...their popularity didn't boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later...

3. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s...

4. (2012.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...and the past decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools...

5. (2012.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold...

【同、近义词】

1. n.十年，十年期；十

   decennium/dix/