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Gunpowder was used in China as far back as the 11 th century.

远在公元11世纪,中国已使用火药.

The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.

19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。

the site of a sixteenth century abbey

一座十六世纪的修道院的旧址

He was counted among the greatest singers of the century.

在本世纪最伟大的歌唱家中,他算是一个.

Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

然而在实际生活中, 有些事情有时候的确好象神差鬼使一样地促成了一些除了十九世纪小说家外谁也不会相信的巧合.

The paintings of Paul Ce & 1 & zanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20 th century.

保罗·塞尚的绘画预示了20世纪初叶立体主义的兴起.

These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

这些夜总会在17世纪时原来是咖啡馆.

In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.

从社会政治学上看，该市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也同样意义重大。

This century wrought major changes in our society.

本世纪给我们的社会带来了重大变革。

Cycling enjoyed a vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.

19世纪末骑自行车曾风行一时.

A century ago, eastern Germany was an agricultural hinterland.

一个世纪前, 德国东部是个农业的内陆地区.

Those were the halcyon days of Athens ( fifth century BC ) when she produced her finest poetry and drama, architecture and sculpture.

公元5世纪为雅典的太平盛世.雅典最优秀的诗歌、戏剧 、 建筑和雕刻均产生于这一时期.

The greatest polemicist of the 20th century must be Leon Trotsky.

20世纪最了不起的辩论家非列昂·托洛茨基莫属。

Chinese settlers helped tame the American continent during the 19 th century.

中国移民在19世纪为开拓美洲大陆作出了贡献.

Her reign lapped over into the seventeenth century.

她的统治延至17世纪.

DAB is the radio system of the 21st Century.

数字音频广播是21世纪的无线电广播系统。

The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of North America.

本世纪最恶劣的冬季暴风雪横扫北美东海岸。

Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.

英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟.

Modern music has broken away from 18 th century rules.

现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的规则.

In the first century there was no such thing as institutionalized religion.

公元1世纪时还没有任何制度化的宗教存在。

The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English.

这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。

the enclosure of common land in the seventeenth century

17世纪对公用地的圈占

Supersonic flight could become a routine form of travel in the 21st century.

搭乘超音速飞机会成为21世纪常规的旅行方式。

This a facsimile edition of an eighteenth century book.

这是一本18世纪书籍的复制版.

The palace was built in the fifteenth century.

这宫殿建于十五世纪.

Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.

民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。