decades /ˈdekeidz/

After several decades, the same data were 11 to econometric analysis.

经过数十年后，相同的数据被 11 应用于计量经济学分析。

A few decades ago, many people didn’t drink water outside of a meal.

几十年前，很多人除了吃饭时外，不会喝水。

We tend to think of the decades immediately following World War II as a time of prosperity and growth, with soldiers returning home by the millions, going off to college on the G.

我们往往将第二次世界大战结束后的几十年视为繁荣与增长的时期，数以百万计的士兵返回家园，凭借G.I.法案进入大学深造。

Companies had won patents for isolated DNA for decades – by 2005 some 20% of human genes were patented.

几十年来，公司已经获得了分离DNA的专利——到2005年，约有20%的人类基因已被专利保护。

But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can't be knocked off.

但正如克莱恩首先指出的那样，比蒙特花了数十年时间才精通她的手艺；她的例子无法被轻易复制。