ce
ce — adverb
1. a written mark that follows a year to show the date belongs to the period after
a written mark that follows a year to show the date belongs to the period after the traditional birth of Christ, using the calendar system now standard in most countries.
The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder died in 79 CE during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
year + CE placed directly after the number
Historians date the Gupta Empire from around 320 CE to about 550 CE.
range format: [year] CE to [year] CE
The textbook explains that papermaking spread to Japan near 610 CE through Korean monks.
Ravi checked whether the Olmec civilization ended before 400 CE or later.
Wen found a map showing Viking settlements in Greenland around 985 CE.
- BCE
Before Common Era; used for years before year 1 in the same calendar system
文法句型
[number] + CE
between [number] CE and [number] CE
around [number] CE
用法筆記
Unlike AD, which traditionally appears before the year (AD 1066), CE is always written after the year (1066 CE). The counterpart for dates before the Common Era is BCE (Before Common Era), also placed after the year.