查词历史：
- half a century
- 1. More and more people are inclined towards the Liberal Party as they become disenchanted with the two main parties that have governed the country for half a century.
- 人们对统治这个国家达半个世纪之久的两大政党不再抱有幻想，愈来愈多的人倾向于自由党。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Printing originated in China. In the period between the Sui Dynasty in the second half of the 6th century and the Tang Dynasty in the first half of the early 7th century, lithographic printing was invented and, in the 9th century, a large number of books began to be printed by the lithographic process. In the reign of Emperor Qingli of the Northern Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1127 A.D.), a common fellow named Bi Sheng invented printing by movable type and started to use baked clay types for printing. The technology was introduced to other countries in about the mid-8th century.
- 中国首先发明印刷术。公元6世纪下半叶到7世纪上半叶的隋、唐之际， 中国就发明了雕版印刷，到9世纪， 开始了大规模的雕版印书。北宋庆历年间， 平民毕升发明用胶泥焙烧的活字， 开始了活字印刷。约在8世纪中叶，印刷术传到国外。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
