eighteenth
英 ['eɪ'tiːnθ]
美 ['e'tinθ]
- adj. 第十八的，第十八個的；十八分之一的
- num. 第十八；十八分之一
英文詞源
- eighteenth (adj.)
- mid-13c., egtetenþe, modified, by influence of eighteen, from Old English eahtateoða; from eight + teoða "tenth" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with German achtzehnte, Danish attende, Swedish adertonde.
雙語例句
- 1. The eighteenth-century Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.
- 18世紀的英國海軍部對其軍官沒有什麽強製力。
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- 2. Their lives interconnect with those of celebrated figures of the late eighteenth-century.
- 他們的生活與18世紀晚期的名人聯係在一起。
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- 3. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- 這類糾紛在18和19世紀大量增多。
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- 4. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday.
- 在我18歲生日那天我們訂婚了。
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- 5. The siege is now in its eighteenth day.
- 圍困今天已經進入第18天了。
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