1827 as the years of someone's life between ages 80 and 89; from 1833 as the ninth decade of years in a given century; from 1854 with reference to Fahrenheit temperature. See eighty.
实用例句
1. By the late eighties their number had grown fourfold.
到80年代末的时候，他们的数量已是原来的4倍。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世纪80年代废止了该名称和商标。
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3. He was in his late eighties and had become the country's most respected elder statesman.
他年近九旬，已成为该国最受尊崇的政界元老。
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4. I spent a lot of time in the early Eighties travelling between London and Bradford.
八十年代初，我有很多时间穿梭于伦敦和布拉德福德之间。
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5. He ran a property development business in the eighties.
