名詞 decade:

1. a period of 10 years
   同義詞：decennary, decennium
2. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
   同義詞：ten, 10, X, tenner

1. I believed that this struggle is going to go on and it might well be decided in the next decade.
   我相信這一對抗還將會持續(xù)下去，并可能在下一個十年中得出結(jié)果。
2. Only very, very rarely does someone so far out of the political swim as Jerry Brown, who last held political office almost a decade ago, manage to win the presidential nomination of a major party.
   像布朗這樣遠(yuǎn)離政海——他最后一次從政幾乎是十年以前的事——而能設(shè)法贏得主要政黨提名競選總統(tǒng)，實在是一件絕無僅有之事。
3. Several decades have elapsed since I graduated from the college.
   我大學(xué)畢業(yè)已數(shù)十年了。
4. Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.
   在過去十年里，物價一直在上漲。

dec.ade

n.（名詞）
A period of ten years.
十年期
A group or series of ten.
十個一組，十個一系列：十個構(gòu)成的一組或一系列

來源：
Middle English [a group of ten]
中古英語 [十個構(gòu)成的一組]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Late Latin decas decad-
源自 后期拉丁語 decas decad-
from Greek dekas
源自 希臘語 dekas
from deka [ten] * see dekô
源自 deka [十] *參見 dekô