millennia

/mi'leniә/ uk　

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millennia 是什么意思

中文释义

一千年, 千年周年纪念日, 千年庆典, 千年期, (喻)太平盛世, 想象中的黄金时代

英文释义

n a span of 1000 years

n (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness

n the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

millennia 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 millennia 在自然语境里怎么用：

Four millennia of Iberian biomolecular prehistory illustrate the impact of prehistoric migrations at the far end of Eurasia.

—— Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia

In medieval Spain, two men were buried in a prehistoric stone monument that had been constructed millennia earlier.

—— DNA reveals ancestry of man buried in Stone Age monument in Spain, but his religion remains a mystery

The Strait of Gibraltar hosted numerous naval conflicts over millennia, spanning from Ancient Rome to World War II.

—— In a Graveyard of Shipwrecks Between Europe and Africa, Archaeologists Discovered Vessels Doomed Over Thousands of Years

The question of whether time moves in a loop or a line has occupied human minds for millennia.

—— Nietzsche the mystic. There is something odd about a profoundly atheistic thinker holding quasi-religious convictions

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