The master of syncopation in music was Scott Joplin, African American composer writing a lot around the area of St. Louis at the turn of the twentieth century.
音乐中切分音的大师是斯考特·乔普林,他是位非裔美国作曲家,二十世纪之际在圣路易斯地区附近谱写了很多曲子。
It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.
描绘一只巨大蜘蛛吞食蜂鸟的画面,可能不太符合淑女形象,但令人惊讶的是,当梅里安在18世纪之交这样做的时候,没有人对此提出反对。
But by the turn of the century, photos show a port city bustling with activity.
而到了世纪之交,照片则呈现出一派生机勃勃的港口城市景象。
Travel was a frequent subject of futuristic predictions, as people at the turn of the century believed that the way we got from one place to the next would drastically change by the year 2000.
旅游是未来主义者预测时的常见主题,在世纪之初人们相信到了2000年我们从一个地方到另一个地方的方式会彻底改变。
At the turn of the century battery-powered vehicles were a common sight on city streets, because they were quiet and did not emit any noxious fumes.
在上世纪之交,电池驱动的汽车成为城市里的街道一景,因为它们行驶安静而且不排放有毒烟气。
Even at the turn of the century, publishing was a closed game. Today, anyone can be a publisher, thanks to the read/write Web (no pun intended).
在本世纪之交的那些年里,出版还是一个对外封闭的产业,但如今,可读可写的网络让如何人都可以成为一名出版者。
Now the master of syncopation, of course, in music was Scott Joplin, African American composer writing a lot around the area of St. Louis in the turn of the twentieth century.
说到使用切分音的大师,我们自然想到斯考特·乔普林,是位多产的美国黑人作曲家,二十世纪初居住在圣路易斯地区
But at the turn of the 19th century, as schools filled up with 30 or 40 kids in a room, standardization became the norm.
但是在19世纪交替之际,因为学校里每个教室有30或40个孩子,标准化就成了王道。
A stunning 55 per cent of the total workforce was in new jobs by the turn of the century, two-thirds of them in industries that paid more than the average wage.
到世纪交替之际,新就业岗位占劳动力总数的比例达到了惊人的55%,其中三分之二岗位所在的行业薪酬高于平均水平。
Once a nation of farmers, the United States has become increasingly urban since the turn of the last century.
美国一度曾是农场主的国家,自进入上世纪以来日益城市化。
A child who becomes part of our soci-ety might have to wait a century before his turn in the cycle arrives, when he can become a changeling and reenter the human world.
成为我们中间一分子的那个孩子,或许要等上一个世纪才能轮到他换生,并再次进入人类世界。
Most people place it around the turn of the first century, so around the year 100 or a little bit after that.
大部分人认为是在一世纪之交,也就是说在公元100年,或者稍后。
For example, at the turn of the 21st century, a quarter of the U.S. population used the World Wide Web.
例如,在21世纪初,有四分之一的美国人使用万维网。
After a turbulent decade (see sidebar, "the go-go '90s"), the turn of the 21st century saw considerable consolidation.
十年动荡之后(参见边栏“活跃的90年代”),21世纪之交经历了相当大的整合。
One of the most interesting Americans alive around the turn of the century, was a man by the name of Russell Herman Conwell.
罗素·赫尔曼·康威尔是本世纪之交最有趣的美国人之一。
It was never a big town (pop. 617 in 1875), but the head count really began declining around the turn of last century, through the teens and 20s.
这里从来不是个大镇(1875年的人口是617人),但是这数量开始自从上世纪就开始下降,经过这十几二十年的时间。
But until the turn of the 20th century it did so by eschewing foreign loans, which were equated with a loss of sovereignty.
但直到进入二十世纪,这个国家仍然回避来自海外的贷款,因为这样做等同于丧失主权。
So the 21st century will turn out to be a century of much greater disorder, of a weaker US.
二十一世纪秩序将会更加混乱,而美国的地位也会被更加削弱。
Global temperatures have been rising since the turn of the twentieth century, most notably during the past 30 years, but la Nina is part of a regular cycle that is simply overlaid onto that pattern.
进入20世纪以来,全球气温骤然升高,这在近30年尤其显著。拉尼娜现象不过是基于这种模式下,正常循环的一部分。
Yeames draws on a long visual history of royalism: the boy wears blue, recalling Gainsborough's 18th-century blue boy, in turn a homage to the Cavalier portraits of Charles I's court artist Van Dyck.
伊尔·穆斯以一个很长的历史角度来描绘君主主义:男孩穿着蓝色衣服,让我们想起Gainsborough的18世纪穿蓝衣服的男孩画作,反过来是对查尔斯一世时期宫廷艺术家凡代的保皇党成员的肖像的尊敬。
The Cup was named after the Seventh Earl of Hopetoun, a Scotsman, who was Governor-General of Australia at the turn of the century.
该奖杯由霍普顿伯爵七世命名,他在20世纪初时是澳大利亚的总督。
As society enters a new century, many cultures have recond to an age of globalisation and, in turn, are embracing the idea of contemporary living.
随着社会进入一个新的世纪,许多文化已经预示着一个全球化时代的到来,反过来,越来越懂得拥抱当代生活的理念。
Victorian lounge: Proudly displaying an antique bar and chandeliers, this turn-of-the-century Chattanooga bar and lounge is an atmospheric place to enjoy a cocktail, glass of wine, or craft beer.
维多利亚大厅:骄傲地展示一个古董酒吧吊灯,这个世纪之交的美国酒吧和酒廊是一个大气的地方享受一杯鸡尾酒,葡萄酒,啤酒或工艺。
A number of small cotton mills soon followed, but most of them failed by the turn of the century because their promoters did not aim to a wide market.
一些小型棉纺厂很快便如法炮制,但大多数在十九世纪末二十世纪初都以失败告终,这是因为其创办者没有着眼于大市场。
Japan's military enjoyed tremendous prestige within the country as a whole, in part because of the two great victories at the turn of the century over the Chinese and the Russians.
日本军人在整个日本享有非常高的地位,部分原因是在世纪之交日本在与中国和俄国的作战中打了两次胜仗。
Japan's military enjoyed tremendous prestige within the country as a whole, in part because of the two great victories at the turn of the century over the Chinese and the Russians.
日本军人在整个日本享有非常高的地位,部分原因是在世纪之交日本在与中国和俄国的作战中打了两次胜仗。
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