The story is a contemporary one; it occurs in the second half of the twentieth century.

New Hampshire created the first legal American state lottery in the twentieth century.

新罕布什尔州创立了20世纪第一个合法的国家彩票.

Only four months after he became President, the twentieth man to hold that office was shot.

在加菲尔德成为总统后仅四个月, 这位第二十个入主白宫的人遭到暗杀.

Ronald Stuart Thomas is a great Welsh poet writing in English in the twentieth century.

罗纳德·斯图亚特·托马斯（1913&2000）是二十世纪伟大的用英语写作的威尔士诗人。

Science and technology transformed the world the twentieth century.

科学和技术改变了二十世纪的世界.

Ganged. Western Literary Theory in the Twentieth Century. Beijing : Peking University Press, 2006.

朱刚编注: 《二十世纪西方文论》, 北京大学出版社, 2006.

Tomorrow is her twentieth birthday.

明天是她二十岁生日.

It takes me twenty minutes to walk from my home to the school.

从我家走到学校得20分钟.

They're both in their twenties and both married with children of their own.

他们俩都二十几岁，都已经结婚生子了。

a small village twenty miles from Nairobi

距内罗毕20英里的一个小村庄

There were twenty people at the ( very ) outside .

充其量 不过20个人.

In the twenties the business expanded.

20年代时,业务扩展了。

I offered the driver a twenty.

我给了司机一张20元的钞票。

I'm nearly twenty (= 20 years old) .

我快20岁了。

In the twenty first century, mathematics will be the most basic subject to be studied.

在二十一世纪, 数学会成为最基本的学科.

Twenty first century art, design and entertainment requires technology.

二十一世纪的艺术, 设计和娱乐是需要科技的.

The New Year always starts between January the twenty first and February the twentieth.

新年通常从1月21号和2月20号之间的一天开始.

Vic usually throws a twenty first time – he must be losing his touch.

维克通常第一次总能掷个20点-现在不行了.

Oh, I wish to goodness I were twenty one.

嗨, 我要是二十一岁就好了.

Today is November the twenty-second , two thousand and one.

今天是2001年11月22日.

Yes, Mr. Cohen. I will show you the twenty-second floor and twenty-fifth floor. We can go anytime.

是的, 高汉先生, 我会介绍 二十二 楼及 二十五 缕给你. 我们可以随时出发.