mid-15c., "ten parts" (of anything; originally in reference to the books of Livy), from Middle French décade (14c.), from Late Latin decadem (nominative decas), from Greek dekas (genitive dekados) "group of ten," from deka "ten" (see ten). Meaning "period of ten years" is 1590s in English.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.
這些發(fā)展早在十多年前的萌芽階段就已預(yù)見到。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Breakfast television arrived in British life precisely a decade ago.