bce

IPA/ˌbiː.siːˈiː/
IPA/ˌbiː.siːˈiː/

bce — 副詞

1. written after a year or century to show that the date falls before year 1 of the

1.副詞B1
釋義

西元前

西元紀年中元年之前的年份標示

written after a year or century to show that the date falls before year 1 of the Western calendar, whose reference point is the traditional date of Christ's birth

例句

Around 2500 BCE, the people of the Indus Valley built complex drainage systems.

約西元前2500年，印度河流域的人們建造了複雜的排水系統。

BCE placed after a year, modifying an adverbial time phrase

The first Olympic games were held in 776 BCE in ancient Greece.

第一屆奧運會在古希臘的西元前776年舉行。

BCE after a year, as part of a prepositional phrase

同義詞
  • BC

    exact equivalent in meaning, but uses the explicitly Christian term 'Before Christ'

  • Before Common Era

    the full written form, used in more formal writing

反義詞
  • CE

    Common Era, used for dates after year 1

  • AD

    Anno Domini, the Christian-based equivalent for dates after year 1

文法句型

[year/century] + BCE

用法筆記

BCE stands for 'Before Common Era' and is interchangeable with BC. It is preferred in academic and non-religious contexts because it avoids the explicitly Christian reference of BC ('Before Christ'). BCE is always placed after the year number.

常見錯誤

❌The artifact is from BCE 2000.
✅The artifact is from 2000 BCE.
💡BCE follows the number, it does not come before it.
❌This happened in 500 BCE, which is different from 500 BC.
✅500 BCE and 500 BC mean the same year.
💡BCE and BC are exact equivalents; the difference is only in the name, not the date.