turn of the century

基本解釋

By the turn of the century it had become a major business, and in some cases art centers were making enough money to become self-sufficient.
在世紀之交的數(shù)年間，土著藝術已經(jīng)成爲一項重要的生意。在一些情況下，藝術中心能夠賺到足夠的錢來實現(xiàn)自足。
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).
在本世紀之交的那些年裡，出版還是一個對外封閉的産業(yè)，但如今，可讀可寫的網(wǎng)絡讓如何人都可以成爲一名出版者。
Subprime mortgages, whose share of all mortgages serviced rose from less than 4% at the turn of the century to a peak of around 15% before the crisis, were the most visible examples of this.
次級觝押貸款就是最明顯的例証，世紀之交，它在全部觝押貸款中所佔的份額從不到4％，到了經(jīng)濟危機爆發(fā)前上漲到了約15％的高峰。

Cape May now is as popular a summer holiday place as it was at the turn of the century.
So, this all starts, in terms of putting it in its historical context at the turn of the Century, we said we'd start right in on the 20th Century of where chemistry was.
從歷史的觀點來看,這些都起源於,上個世紀之交,我們說我們從。
麻省理工公開課 - 化學原理課程節(jié)選
For example, in terms of the atomic theory of matter, at the time at the turn of the Century, the understanding was that atoms were the most basic constituent of matter, meaning you couldn't break atoms up into anything smaller - that was it, you're done.
例如在原子理論中,在19，20世紀之交的時候,人們認爲原子是,組成物質的最基本粒子,也就是說你不能,把原子再分割了,就這樣了。
麻省理工公開課 - 化學原理課程節(jié)選

But government spending is still notably larger than at the turn of the century.
FORBES: Has The U.S. Government Gotten Bigger Or Smaller? Yes.

世紀之交
Literature visualization narration trend is a significant literature phenomenon which has appeared since the turn of the century and has its own distinctive research value in the literature history.
文學影像化敘事潮是世紀之交出現(xiàn)的一種重要的文學現(xiàn)象，具有獨特的文學史研究價值。