century

• In eighteenth century the theory shrank .
  在18世纪这种理论开始衰落。
• What a pity you won't be around five centuries .
  可惜你活不到五百岁。
• The art has passed down for centuries .
  这门手艺已经传下来好几百年了。
• This manuscript dates back to the 8th century .
  这份手稿可追溯到8世纪。
• These songs will live out this century .
  这些歌曲不仅仅在本世纪里流行。
• This device is found from the fourteenth century .
  这一做法出现于14世纪。
• The motor car has been with us for almost a century .
  汽车问世已近百年了。
• The century produces many great men .
  这个世纪出了许多大人物。
• I find it as low as the 18th century .
  我发现近在18世纪也有。