millennium是什么意思

音标:英 [mɪˈlenɪəm]美 [məˈlɛnɪəm]

千禧年, 一千年

a span of 1000 years
(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
the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

millennium的用法和例句：

1. You guys have had straws for a millennium.

你们那时候早就有吸管了吧

2. And I stopped taking it at the millennium.

到千禧年 我就不吸毒了

3. I was able to reflect on what we've become over a millennium.

我有机会反省这千年来我们变成了什么样

4. And the millennium is 14 hours away.

再过14小时就是千禧年了

5. It must begin with the dawn of the millennium, or not at all.

它必须发生在千禧年的拂晓 否则前功尽弃

6. 2001 is actually the start of the new millennium.

2001年才真正是新千禧年的开始

7. Tristan has been a collector of extraordinary talent for the better part of a millennium.

特里斯坦喜欢集结极其有才华的人 这可是这个世界的福音呢

8. Over the course of the last millennium, his capacity for tact is somewhat diminished.

在过去的千年里 他的才智已经有所减弱

9. Nothing like being hot to overcome a millennium of religious intolerance.

性感可以战胜 持续千年的宗教偏见

10. Which, since the millennium, has included a temple the focus for a mass healing ritual.

自千禧年起已有的建筑物包括一座圣殿 专门用来举行大型治愈仪式