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词汇 half-century
释义 half-century
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌhɑːfˈsen.tʃər.i/ us /ˌhæfˈsen.tʃər.i/
a period of 50 years:
The couple had first met almost a half-century ago.
There have been three military coups in the last half-century.
sports specialized
a score of 50 runs (= points) in cricket:
He has scored five half-centuries in his last seven innings without making a hundred.
A half-century later, she now found herself a high court judge.
A half-century's worth of previously classified documents have now been released.
Her half-century included seven fours, mostly square off the wicket.
She brought up her half-century with a glorious cover drive.
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decade
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millennial
millennium
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seventies
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teens
the
thirties
twenties

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