For at least the last decade, the happiness craze has been building.(至少在過去的十年里，人們對幸福的狂熱一直在升溫。)

The company has indeed become more commercial over the past decade.(這個公司在過去的十年里確實已變得越來越商業化了。)

He would have been a saint, but within a decade, we shall have him.(他本可以成為一名圣徒，但是，不出十年我們就可以得到他了。)

It's estimated that birth rate has dropped dramatically over the past decade.(據統計，在過去十年中，人口出生率急劇下降。)

The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.(國際貨幣基金組織已經調低對未來十年的增長預測。)

Over the past decade, prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate.(在過去的十年里，物價的上漲速度是通貨膨脹率的兩倍多。)

They typically appear about once in a decade.(它們通常大概每十年出現一次。)

We hope to have test flights in this decade.(我們希望在這十年內進行試驗飛行。)

Until a decade ago, most scientists thought that only a volcano had such energy.(直到十年前，大多數科學家認為只有火山才有這樣的能量。)

His latest CD is a compilation of his jazz works over the past decade.(他最新的CD是他過去十年的爵士樂作品集。)

用作名詞(n.)

Several decades have elapsed since I graduated from the college.
自我大學畢業已經好幾十年了。The last decade of the eighteenth century was a time of great social change. 18
世紀最后10年是社會發生巨變的10年。The world will considerably change in the next few decades.
世界在今后數十年里將有相當大的變化。Price have risen sharply in the last decade.
物價最近十年中暴漲。The custom has prevailed for decades.
這個風俗已盛行數十年。I feel like we have known each other for decades.
我覺得咱們倆像是相識好久好久似的。He is been in that job for decades.
他在那個崗位上一干就是數十年。

用作名詞 (n.)

形容詞+～

the past decade在過去的十年里last decade在最近的十年next decade自下個十年期間

～+介詞

the first decade of the 21th century 21世紀的頭10年

As hopelessly lost as the second decade of Livy.