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(duì)抗還將會(huì)持續(xù)下去，并可能在下一個(gè)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(jìng)選總統(tǒng)，實(shí)在是一件絕無(wú)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(guò)去十年里，物價(jià)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(gè)一組，十個(gè)一系列：十個(gè)構(gòu)成的一組或一系列

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