【decade音标】 英[ˈdekeɪd] 美[ˈdekeɪd]
【单词释义】 decade是什么意思：
n.十年，十年间；十个一组；十年期
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] decades
【decade形近词/近似词】
cascade n.倾泻；小瀑布；瀑布状物；串联 vi.（水）倾泻，流注；大量落下；（使）串联
cavalcade n.骑马队伍，车队
barricade n.路障，障碍物；防御 vt.设路障于，以障碍物阻塞；封锁，阻挡
brocade n.凸花纹织物，锦缎 vt.（织物上）织成浮花织锦；把图案或凸花纹织入
facade n.（建筑物的）正面，立面；外表；虚伪，假象
【单词例句】
◇ Tuan was a farmer in Vietnam. For decades, he had been struggling to rid his family of hunger. However, it always confused him how to expand the output of his crops.
俊是一名越南的农民，几十年来，他都一直在努力使家人摆脱饥饿。然而，如何扩大他的农作物产量这一问题却一直在困扰着他。
---- A New Farming Way
◇ Microwave ovens have been a kitchen staple for decades, allowing you to cook everything from frozen vegetables to packaged meals in minutes.
几十年来，微波炉一直是厨房的主要设备，你可以在几分钟内煮好冷冻蔬菜及袋装饭菜等所有食物。
---- Is It Safe to Stand in Front of Microwave Ovens?
◇ In fact, the idea of walking at least 10,000 steps a day for health goes back decades to a marketing campaign launched in Japan to promote a pedometer.
事实上，为了健康每天至少走一万步的想法可以追溯到几十年前日本一个计步器的营销活动。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ It paves the way for private citizens to travel to the ISS aboard rocket-and-capsule launch systems being developed by Boeing Co and Elon Musk's SpaceX. The two companies are set to ferry astronauts to the ISS from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade.
这为普通民众搭乘波音公司和埃隆·马斯克的太空探索技术公司研发的火箭及太空舱发射系统前往国际空间站铺平了道路。这两家公司都准备近十年内首次将太空旅行者从美国送到国际空间站。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ While everyone in China has benefited from phenomenal economic growth during the three decades, the success has not been uniform, Foster said. "People in coastal areas, entrepreneurs and people with better education have fared better. Now, China focuses on eliminating more extreme poverty. That's the right thing to do."
尽管每位中国人都从过去三十年的高速经济发展中获益，但这其中仍存在差异。福斯特说：“沿海地区的居民、企业家、和受教育程度更高的人获益更多。如今，中国集中力量消除更多的深度贫困。这样做非常正确。”