years
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT 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. 年
The year was 1840. 那是1840年。
We had an election last year. 我們?nèi)ツ赀M(jìn)行了一次選舉。
2. →see also leap year
3. N-COUNT A year is any period of twelve months. 1年時(shí)間
The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year. 這些博物館一年吸引二百五十多萬(wàn)參觀者。
She's done quite a bit of work this past year. 她在這過(guò)去的一年里做了很多工作。
4. N-COUNT 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. 年齡
He's 58 years old. 他58歲。
I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age. 我從11歲以后一直處于麻煩中。
5. N-COUNT A school year or academic year is the period of time in each twelve months when schools or colleges are open and students are studying there. The school year starts in August or September. 學(xué)年
...the 1990/91 academic year. …1990/91學(xué)年。
6. N-COUNT A financial or business year is an exact period of twelve months which businesses or institutions use as a basis for organizing their finances. (財(cái)政) 年度[商業(yè)]
He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years. 他宣布了下兩個(gè)財(cái)政年度的大幅稅收增加。
7. N-PLURAL You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time. 很久[強(qiáng)調(diào)]
I haven't laughed so much in years. 我很久沒(méi)有笑這么多了。
8. →see also calendar year , fiscal year
9. N-COUNT the period of time, the solar year, during which the earth makes one revolution around the sun, measured between two successive vernal equinoxes: equal to 365.242?19 days 分點(diǎn)年 (Also called astronomical year, tropical year)
10. N-COUNT the period of time, the sidereal year, during which the earth makes one revolution around the sun, measured between two successive conjunctions of a particular distant star: equal to 365.256?36 days 恒星年
11. PHRASE If something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year. 年復(fù)一年
Regulars return year after year. 常客年年都回來(lái)。
12. PHRASE If something changes year by year, it changes gradually each year. 一年一年地
This problem has increased year by year. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題一年年地加重。
13. PHRASE If you say something happens all year round or all the year round, it happens continually throughout the year. 全年地
Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round. 城市花園是理想的，因?yàn)樗鼈儙缀跞甓奸_(kāi)花。
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