1660s, "pertaining to the millennium," from stem of millennium + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to a period of 1,000 years" is from 1807. As a noun from 1896, originally "thousandth anniversary." From 1992 as a generational name for those born in the mid-1980s and thus coming of age around the year 2000.
双语例句
1. Both Russia and America looked to the future to fulfill their millennial expectations.
俄国和美国都把实现他们黄金时代的希望寄托于未来.
来自辞典例句
2. The millennial generation is celebrating the global commons every day, apparently unmindful of Hardin's warning.
千禧一代显然对哈丁的警告不以为然, 每天都在颂扬全球“公地”.
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3. After all, the grumbling baby - boomer managers are the same indulgent parents who produced the millennial generation.
毕竟, 对新生代员工颇为不满的婴儿潮经理们正是娇惯出新千年一代的父母们.
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4. Lucie's face, any other, would eventually become synonymous with millennial Tokyo's anxieties, aspirations and in securities.
