Hundreds of African people were captured and sold into slavery in the 17th century.

在17，数名非洲人被捕获并被卖为奴隶。

The important events at the beginning of the century provided the backdrop for his novel.

本初的一些重大事件为他的小说提供了背景。

Martha's approaching her century and as wick as a flea.

玛撒快满岁了，却敏捷得像只跳。

The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.

城堡在15 得到了相当大的扩展。

These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century.

些夜总会在17时原来是咖啡馆。

These states had lived in concord for centuries.

些国家几以来一直和睦相处。

In this old castle you can see cannons from the 17th century.

在座古老的城堡里你可以看到十七的火炮。

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.

太空时代开始于二十。

Fleming discovered penicillin early in the twentieth century.

弗莱明在20初首次发现了青霉素。

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.

英国的现行政治制度是经过几逐步发展而成的。

Cycling enjoyed a vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.

19 末骑自行车曾风行一时。

Chaucer flourished at the end of the 14th century.

乔叟在14末享有盛名。

These legends came down to us from the 15th century.

些传说是从十五流传下来的。

We’re studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights.

我们正在研究16 戏剧作家的戏剧文本。

That theory fell into disfavo(u)r in the nineteenth century.

那种理论在19就不受欢迎。

Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace.

也许19最不寻常的建筑物要算`水晶宫'了。

I’m not really at home with seventeenth-century literature. I specialize in the nineteenth century.

我对十七文学不太熟悉，我的专业是十九文学。

He made a fortune buying and selling nineteenth–century paintings.

他靠买卖十九的绘画赚了大钱。

The century has rounded into its ninth decade.

本已进入了90年代。

The Zeitgeist of these centuries operated against the development of a pure science.

几的时代精神阻碍了纯粹科学的发展。