| 词汇 | centennial |
| 释义 | centennial noun[ C ] USus/senˈten.i.əl/uk /senˈten.i.əl/(UKcentenary, us/-ˈten.ɚ-/uk /senˈtiː.nər.i//-ˈten.ər-/) (the day or year that is) 100 years after an important event: centennial celebrations Next year is the centennial of her death. See also bicentennial Years & yearly academic year ad Anno Domini annual annually bissextile calendar year CE centenary church year Gregorian calendar interannual Julian calendar leap year liturgical year year year end year's end year-around year-round You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Birthdays & anniversaries centennial | American Dictionarycentennial noun[ C ] us/senˈten·i·əl/(alsocentenary, us/senˈten·ə·ri, ˈsent·ənˌer·i/) the day or year that is 100 years after a particular event, esp. an important one; the 100th anniversary: The sculpture commemorates Wyoming’s centennial. Examples of centennialcentennial The 1921 centennial was almost as spectacular as that of 1910. Essays to commemorate the centennial of his death. The poem enjoyed a public reading at the bridge's rededication in 1954, at the span's 75th anniversary and again at the centennial in 1983. Around the world centennial celebrations of revolutions sparked debates among rival groups who contested the meaning of what had been established, altered or destroyed. Home, hearth and table : a centennial review of nutritional circumstances of older people living alone. Centennial gatherings consisting overwhelmingly of men commemorating armed men are clearly not the best way of analysing the monstrous toll that military manhood has exacted of non-combatants. What many in the research or ethics community do not realize is that the year 2000 marked the centennial of the use of informed consent for research subjects. Of these envelopes 98,000 bear the 2½ d. centennial stamp, while the remaining 2,000 bear the full centennial issue of six stamps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I take this opportunity to wish the alliance a successful centennial congress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The building underwent a full restoration of both its interiors and exteriors in 1976 to coincide with its centennial. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To celebrate the church's centennial, in 1922 the parsonage was built. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The awarding of this medal took place only once by design, as it was linked to a centennial celebration event. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The association looks forward to its centennial celebration in 2014. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The original plan was to install the horses in the spring of 1989 during the state's centennial celebrations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In celebration of its centennial, in 2006, the gate has been chosen as the main motif for this commemorative coin issue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of centennial These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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