century
US /ˈsɛntʃəri/
・UK /'sentʃərɪ/
A1 初級英檢初級
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)百年；世紀
This building has been here for almost a century
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)（板球）一百分
He scored a century in the first test match.
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)（羅馬軍隊）百人隊
A century in the Roman army consisted of around 80 men.
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人口過剩------------------------人類爆炸解釋 (Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained)
06:40
- The world population increased fourfold in the last century, so what can we expect for the next century?
世界人口在僅上世紀就攀升了四倍，那下個世紀又會如何增長呢？
- Let's go back to the 18th century, when the entire world, including Europe, was in the first stage of the demographic transition.
讓我們回到 18 世紀看看，當時全世界，包括歐洲，都正面臨人口轉型的第一階段。
旅遊義大利 屹立千年的萬神殿 (The Pantheon)
08:32
- It is even now, in the 21st century, awesome.
即便到了今天—21 世紀，萬神殿依舊令人讚嘆。
隔離兩個世界的無形壁壘 (The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart)
09:25
- In fact, plate tectonics only became widely accepted in the late 1960s – more than half a century after Wallace's death.
事實上，板塊構造學到了 1960 年代末期才被廣泛接受，此時已經是華萊士去世後半個多世紀以後了。
- late 1960s – more than half a century after Wallace’s death.
1960年代末--華萊士去世後半個多世紀。