phrase the time when one century ends and another begins: 世纪之交 The museum reopened at the turn of the century.这座博物馆在世纪之交重新开放。 By the turn of the century, Indian courts had a backlog of 25 million cases. We had to upgrade our computer systems to cope with the turn of the century. The town was founded at the turn of the century. The population of Asian elephants has more than halved since the turn of the century. See also
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the turn of the century
idiom the time when a particular century ends and another begins: My great-grandfather was born at the turn of the last century.