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year
n
1 [C] time taken by the earth to make one orbit round the sun, about 365 days 年.
2 [C] (also `calendar year) period from 1 January to 31 December, ie 365 days (or 366 in a leap year) divided into 12 months 历年
in the year 1865 在1865年
this year 今年 * the year after next 後年
a good year for cheap vegetables, ie a year in which vegetables are available cheaply 蔬菜便宜的好年成.
3 [C] any period of 365 consecutive days 一年
It´s just a year (today) since I arrived here. 我来到这里(到今天)整一年了.
I arrived a year ago (today). 我是一年前(的今天)来的.
She´s worked there for ten years. 她在那里工作十年了.
In a year´s time they´re getting married. 一年之後他们就要结婚了.
[attrib 作定语]
a five-year forecast 五年的预测.
4 [C] period of one year associated with sth, such as education or finance 与某事物(如教育或财政)相关的一年的期间
the ,academic `year 学年
the fi,nancial/,fiscal/,tax `year 财政[会计/课税]年度
[attrib 作定语]
first year students 一年级的学生.
5 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
age; time of life 年纪; 年龄; 年岁
twenty years old/of age 二十岁
a seventy-year-old man 七十岁的人
She looks young for her years/for a woman of her years, ie looks younger than she is. 她看起来比她的岁数年轻.
He died in his sixtieth year, ie at the age of 59. 他在步入六十岁时去世(即实足年龄59岁).
6 years [pl] (infml 口) a long time 很久
I´ve worked for this firm for years (and years). 我为这家公司工作了很多年(很多年)了.
It´s years since we last met. 我们已经很久没见面了.7 (idm 习语) the age/years of discretion => discretion.,all (the) year `round throughout the year 一年到头
He swims in the sea all year round. 他一年到头都在海里游泳. donkey´s years => donkey. man, woman, car, etc of the `year person or thing chosen as outstanding in a particular field in a particular year 某年在某领域最杰出的人或事物
TV personality of the year 该年度电视圈的名人. not/never in a hundred, etc `years absolutelynot/never 绝对不[决不]. old beyond one´s years => old. put `years on sb make sb feel or appear older 使某人觉得或显得老些
The shock put years on him. 这一场冲击使他见老. ring out the old year and ring in the new => ring2. take `years off sb make sb feelor appear younger 使某人觉得或显得年轻些
Giving up smoking has taken years off her. 她戒烟以後显得年轻了. the turn of the year/century => turn2. year after `year continuously for many years 年年
She sent money year after year to help the poor. 她年年送钱帮助穷人.year by `year progressively each year 一年一年地
Yearby year their affection for each other grew stronger. 他们相爱逐年加深. the year `dot (infml 口) a very long time ago 很久以前
I´ve been going there every summer since the year dot. 我从很久以前每年夏天就都到那里去. year `in, year `out every year without exception 年复一年地. ,year of `grace; ,year of our `Lord (fml 文) any specified year after the birth of Christ 耶稣纪元某年; 公元某年
in the year of our Lord 1217, ie 1217 AD 公元1217年.
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