millennium

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mil·len·ni·um /mɪˈleniəm/ noun (plural millennia /-niə/) [countableC]

1 TMCa period of 1,000 years 一千年，千年期

people who have inhabited this land for millennia

在这片土地上已经居住了数千年的人们

2 [usually singular]TM the time when a new 1,000-year period begins 新千年开始的时刻，新千年开始之际

the beginning of a new millennium

新千年伊始

events which took place at the turn of the last millennium

在上个千年之交发生的事件

—millennial adjectiveadj

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millennium• The medieval, Renaissance and modern collections cover more than a millennium, from the Dark Ages to the interwar period.• Let there be a new treaty that deals with the realities of a new millennium.• As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.• As the new millennium opened, money talked.• The circle seems unbroken, and now, in this new millennium, Showcase promises to be even more successful.• As the end of the second millennium approaches, mankind is in a different mood.• It has a number on it, but not the number of the second millennium.• What did you do to celebrate the millennium?• As we move towards the end of the millennium the Association is increasingly widening its horizons.

Origin millennium

(1600-1700) Modern Latin Latin mille “thousand” + annus “year”

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