decade

【发音】

美 /'dɛked/ 英 /'dekeɪd/

【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. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...More than a decade later...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends"...

3. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...noting that banks and merchants have spent the past decade suing each other over interchange fees-the percentage of the transaction price they keep-rather than deal with the growing hacking problem...

4. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...More than a decade ago...

5. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The next decade will be even more amazing and unpredictable than the last...

6. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Another decade or two and it could go mainstream...

7. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Just over a decade into the 21st century...

8. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 听力题)...Vladimir Mironov has been working for a decade to grow meat...

9. (2011.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...the policy interventions of the past decade have helped transform the performance of UK universities...

10. (2008.12 • CET6 • • 阅读理解)...they worked out that people who had quit in the previous decade were much more likely to be overweight than smokers and people who had never smoked...

【同、近义词】

1. n.十年，十年期；十

   decennium/dix/