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 歷年
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. 我來到這里(到今天)整一年了.
I arrived a year ago (today). 我是一年前(的今天)來的.
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. 一年之後他們就要結(jié)婚了.
[attrib 作定語]
a five-year forecast 五年的預(yù)測.
4 [C] period of one year associated with sth, such as education or finance 與某事物(如教育或財(cái)政)相關(guān)的一年的期間
the ,academic `year 學(xué)年
the fi,nancial/,fiscal/,tax `year 財(cái)政[會(huì)計(jì)/課稅]年度
[attrib 作定語]
first year students 一年級的學(xué)生.
5 [C usu pl 通常作復(fù)數(shù)]
age; time of life 年紀(jì); 年齡; 年歲
twenty years old/of age 二十歲
a seventy-year-old man 七十歲的人
She looks young for her years/for a woman of her years, ie looks younger than she is. 她看起來比她的歲數(shù)年輕.
He died in his sixtieth year, ie at the age of 59. 他在步入六十歲時(shí)去世(即實(shí)足年齡59歲).
6 years [pl] (infml 口) a long time 很久
I've worked for this firm for years (and years). 我為這家公司工作了很多年(很多年)了.
It's years since we last met. 我們已經(jīng)很久沒見面了.7 (idm 習(xí)語) the age/years of discretion => discretion.,all (the) year `round throughout the year 一年到頭
He swims in the sea all year round. 他一年到頭都在海里游泳. 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 某年在某領(lǐng)域最杰出的人或事物
TV personality of the year 該年度電視圈的名人. not/never in a hundred, etc `years absolutelynot/never 絕對不[決不]. old beyond one's years => old. put `years on sb make sb feel or appear older 使某人覺得或顯得老些
The shock put years on him. 這一場沖擊使他見老. ring out the old year and ring in the new => ring2. take `years off sb make sb feelor appear younger 使某人覺得或顯得年輕些
Giving up smoking has taken years off her. 她戒煙以後顯得年輕了. 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. 她年年送錢幫助窮人.year by `year progressively each year 一年一年地
Yearby year their affection for each other grew stronger. 他們相愛逐年加深. 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. 我從很久以前每年夏天就都到那里去. year `in, year `out every year without exception 年復(fù)一年地. ,year of `grace; ,year of our `Lord (fml 文) any specified year after the birth of Christ 耶穌紀(jì)元某年; 公元某年
in the year of our Lord 1217, ie 1217 AD 公元1217年.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[ji?]n. 年, 年度, 年齡【經(jīng)】 年度相關(guān)詞組: year in year out all the year round from year to year last year next year the next year the year after next the year before last this day year this year year after year
?? 同為「小學(xué)」詞匯
ninenum. 九;九個(gè);第九;
n. 九,九個(gè);
adj. 九的,九個(gè)的;