Definition of jubilee

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Jubilee:

 

the celebration of any of certain anniversaries,

 

  • the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee ),
  • fiftieth (golden jubilee ),
  • sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee ).应该改是比较传统的定义
  • seventieth platinum jubilee

这个视频里 https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/mysj/274618.html 有两句话:

Within 8 months of his silver jubilee, King George V laid dead... ... ; 即Elizebeth II的祖父

Elizebeth II 在位70年,完成了60年 Diamond jubilee. 她说:

I didn't know if anyone had invented the term platinum jubilee of 70th anniversary when I was born,

; 没人没能想到会用得着那么久的的周年吧