centuries是什么意思？

Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power.

The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to make changes not seen for centuries.

For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs.

For example, over the centuries, they have simulated dialogues in a number of ways.

Over the centuries, Etna's lower slopes have been shaped by human hands to take advantage of rich soils for growing grapes, apples and nuts.

The philosophy professor says it is as relevant today as when it was first written many centuries ago.

Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.

Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.

This means, of course, that almost all of the books published in the 20th century are still under copyright – and the last century saw more books published than in all previous centuries combined.

It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrial exploitation.

For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

It's particularly striking centuries later when these issues are still prominent in public discussions about social justice and women's rights.

Most of these churches date from between the 12th and 14th centuries.

When the molten rock of the earth's core forced its way to the surface to form the throat of a volcano, as the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.