Men of genius are meteors destined to burn in order to illuminate their century.
天才とは、彼らの世紀を照らして光輝くべく運命づけられた流星である。
Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.
In the 19th century, the number of immigrants swelled rapidly.
19世紀には移民の数が急激に増大した。
He was born in the 19th century.
彼は19世紀に生まれた。
John Wayne was one of the most popular movie stars of this century.
ジョン・ウェインは今世紀の最も人気のある映画スターの1人であった。
A hundred years is called a century.
百年は一世紀と呼ばれる。
Not until the end of the nineteenth century, did plant breeding become a scientific discipline.
19世紀末になって初めて植物の品種改良は科学の一分野となった。
Humanity has suffered more from war in this century than ever before.
人類は今世紀に入ってこれまで以上に戦争に苦しんできた。
Had Napoleon been born in this century, what could he have done?
ナポレオンが今世紀に生まれていたら、何ができただろう?
Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.
Our century has seen a notable increase of knowledge.
今世紀には注目すべき知識の増加があった。
In Shakespeare's time, in the sixteenth century, tennis was very popular at the English court.
シェークスピアの時代に、つまり16世紀に、テニスはイギリスの宮廷でとても人気があった。
The species will be made extinct by the end of this century.
その種は今世紀の終わりまでに絶滅させられるでしょう。
Christ was born in 4BC.
キリストは紀元前4年に生まれた。
The prefectural police chief tried to tighten his police officers' discipline.
県警察本部長は警察官の綱紀を正そうとした。
This was how matters stood at the turn of the century.
新しい世紀に変わる前後の状況はこんなものであった。
This style of hairdressing first appeared in the early 19th century.
この髪型は19世紀始めに初めて見られるようになった。
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
世紀の変わり目に子供たちはまだ工場で働いていた。
Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.
大学時代を振り返ってみるとあたかも1世紀前の事のように思える。
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves, if our children should live to see the next century, if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change
God only knows if I can live out the 20th century.
私は20世紀を生きのこることができるかどうかわからない。
As likely as not, whales will be extinct by the end of this century.
鯨が今世紀の終わりに死に絶える可能性は五分五分である。
The atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics.
原子爆弾は20世紀物理学の所産だ。
And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.
それから、紀元前55年にはローマ人が来ました。
He had heard stories about an ancient god who had left his land centuries before by ship.
彼は船で何世紀も前に自分の土地を離れた古代の神様についての話を聞いていた。
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government