years

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  • n.年;年度;一年时间;日历年;与某事相关的一年
  • year的复数
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years

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  • 1
    N-COUNT 年;日历年
    A year is a period of twelve months or 365 or 366 days, beginning on the first of January and ending on the thirty-first of December.

    The year was 1840...

    那是1840年。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 一年时间
    A year is any period of twelve months.

    The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year...

    这些博物馆一年能吸引逾250万名参观者。

  • 3
    N-COUNT 年岁;年纪;年龄
    Year is used to refer to the age of a person. For example, if someone or something is twenty years old or twenty years of age, they have lived or existed for twenty years.

    He's 58 years old...

    他58岁。

  • 4
    N-COUNT 学年(英国和美国的学年从9月开始)
    A school year or academic year is the period of time in each twelve months when schools or universities are open and students are studying there. In Britain and the United States, the school year starts in September.

    ...the 1990/91 academic year...

    1990—1991学年

  • 5
    N-COUNT (某)年级学生
    You can refer to someone who is, for example, in their first year at school or university as a first year.

    The first years and second years got a choice of French, German and Spanish.

    一年级和二年级学生可以在法语、德语和西班牙语中选一门。

  • 6
    N-COUNT (财政)年度
    A financial or business year is an exact period of twelve months which businesses or institutions use as a basis for organizing their finances.

    He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years...

    他宣布在接下来的两个财年里将大幅提高税收。

  • 7
    N-PLURAL 很久;很长时间
    You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time.

    I haven' laughed so much in years...

    我很久没这么畅快地笑过了。

  • 8
    N-PLURAL (在某地或做某事的)年头,时期
    You can refer to the time you spend in a place or doing an activity as your years there or your years of doing that activity.

    The joy turned to tragedy during his years in Cyprus.

    他在塞浦路斯的那段日子里,生活由喜转悲。

  • 9
    See also:calendar year;fiscal year

  • 10
    PHRASE 年年;每年
    If something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year.

    Regulars return year after year...

    老主顾每年都会再来。

  • 11
    PHRASE 一年一年地;逐年
    If something changes year by year, it changes gradually each year.

    This problem has increased year by year...

    这个问题一年比一年严重。

  • 12
    PHRASE 年复一年地;年年
    If something happens year in ,year out, it happens every year without changing and is often boring.

    Year in, year out, nothing changes...

    年复一年,一切照旧。

  • 13
    PHRASE 他那样年纪的男子/她那样年纪的女子
    You can say a man of his years or a woman of her years to refer to that person's age in relation to something else you are talking about.

    He was moving with surprising speed for a man of his years...

    他的行动速度对于他那个年纪的人来说很是惊人。

  • 14
    PHRASE (经历或衣着)使显得年老,使觉得老迈
    If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.

    I always turn adversity and defeat into victories, but it's probably put ten years on me.

    我总是能够扭转逆境,反败为胜,但这可能让我显得老成了10岁。

  • 15
    PHRASE 一年到头;终年
    If you say something happens all year round or all the year round, it happens continually throughout the year.

    Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round...

    城市公园是理想去处,那里几乎一年四季鲜花盛开。

  • 16
    PHRASE (经历或衣着)使显得年轻,使觉得年轻
    If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has taken years off someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much younger.

    Changing your hairstyle can take ten years off you.

    换换发型能让你年轻10岁。

  • 17
    donkey's years→ see:donkey

noun

1
the time during which someone's life continues
the monarch's last days
in his final years
Synonym: days
2
a late time of life
old age is not for sissies
he's showing his years
age hasn't slowed him down at all
a beard white with eld
on the brink of geezerhood
Synonym: old age age eld geezerhood
3
a prolonged period of time
we've known each other for ages
I haven't been there for years and years
Synonym: long time age

数据来源:WordNet

  1. This book is the result of 25 years of research .

    这本书是25年研究的结晶。

  2. There have been many changes in recent years .

    近几年发生了许多变化。

  3. This model was two years in the making .

    这种型号是用两年时间制成的。

  4. She had been out of work for a year .

    她已经失业一年了。

  5. The present regime has been in power for two years .

    现政权已经执政两年了。

  6. The new model will be in production by the end of the year .

    新型号将于年底投产。

  7. They are one of this year 's hot new bands .

    他们是今年走红的新乐队之一。

  8. It was many years before the full story was made public .

    许多年之后,事情的全貌才公之于众。

  9. Economic growth is expected to average 2 % next year .

    明年经济增长预计平均可达2%。

  10. How will the company be doing ten years further on ?

    十年以后公司的情况将如何呢?

  11. The government will review the situation later in the year .

    政府将在今年晚些时候对形势重新加以研究。

  12. 400 people a year die of this disease on average .

    平均每年有400人死于这种疾病。

  13. You 're good for a few years yet .

    你还可以活上几年。

  14. Just a few years ago the picture was very different .

    几年前的情况就大不相同。

  15. Production of the new aircraft will start next year .

    新飞机的生产将于明年开始。

  16. Work always piles up at the end of the year .

    年底总是积压一大堆工作。

  17. We need to design a new syllabus for the third year .

    我们需要为三年级学生制订一个新的课程大纲。

  18. We change our car every two years .

    我们的车每两年更换一次。

  19. For years we had little knowledge of what life was like inside China .

    以往很多年我们对于中国国内的生活情况所知甚少。

  20. She has not changed much over the years .

    这些年来她没有多大变化。

  21. I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago .

    我过去抽烟,但两年前就戒了。

  22. The house came on the market last year .

    这栋房屋去年就上市了。

  23. We 're going to Germany for Christmas and New Year .

    我们要去德国过圣诞和新年。

  24. Their success was the result of years of hard graft .

    他们的成功是多年艰苦奋斗的结果。

  25. The company recovered well after going through several lean years .

    经历了几年的萧条后,这家公司的业务才完全恢复了正常。

  26. We 've had a lot of fun over the years .

    这些年来我们过得很开心。

  27. Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law .

    按照州法律终身监禁定义为60年。

  28. Prices are expected to rise even higher this year .

    预计今年的价格将涨得更高。

  29. Two elections were held within the space of a year .

    在一年的时间之内举行了两次选举。

  30. How many subjects are you taking this year ?

    你今年修多少门课?