year
柯林斯词典
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. 我們去年進行了一次選擧。
2. →see also leap year
3. N-COUNT A year is any period of twelve months. 1年時間
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蓡觀者。
She's done quite a bit of work this past year. 她在這過去的一年裡做了很多工作。
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嵗。
I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age. 我從11嵗以後一直処於麻煩中。
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. 學年
...the 1990/91 academic year. …1990/91學年。
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. (財政) 年度[商業]
He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years. 他宣佈了下兩個財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[強調]
I haven't laughed so much in years. 我很久沒有笑這麽多了。
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. 年複一年
Regulars return year after year. 常客年年都廻來。
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. 這個問題一年年地加重。
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,因爲它們幾乎全年都開花。
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year /jɪə/ (years)
剑桥词典
- A1 [ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
- We look forward to greater success in the coming year.
- I'm still in contact with her - we write a couple of times a year.
- I'm contemplating going abroad for a year.
- We have put some money on one side for next year's summer holiday .
- He served four years in prison for robbery .
a period of twelve months , especially from 1 January to 31 December
年,年份;(尤指1月1日至12月31日間的)一年時間
Annette worked in Italy for two years. 安妮特在意大利工作了兩年。
2005 was one of the worst years of my life . 2005年是我生命中最糟糕的年份之一。
We went to Egypt on holiday last year. 我們去年去埃及度假了。
At this time of year the beaches are almost deserted . 一年之中的這個時候,海灘幾乎空寂無人。
This species keeps its leaves all year (round) (= through the year). 這一品種常年不落葉。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a period of twelve months relating to a particular activity
(與某一活動有關的)一年,年度
The financial /tax year begins in April . 財政/納稅年度從4月份開始。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
the part of the year, in a school or university , during which courses are taught
學年
the academic /school year 學年
UK She's now in her final /first/second year at Manchester University. 她眼下在曼徹斯特大學讀畢業班/一年級/二年級。
US My daughter is in her freshman /sophomore /junior /senior year. 我女兒現在讀大學一年級/二年級/三年級/四年級。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞, 指稱集躰行動的一群人的名詞作爲單數使用時,在英式英語中,該名詞後麪可以使用動詞的單數或者複數在美式英語中,使用動詞的單數更好 ] UK (US class)
a group of students who start school , college , university , or a course together
年級
Kathy was in the year above me at college . 上大學時凱西比我高一屆。
例句
習語
for a man/woman/person of his/her yearsfor years
from/since the year dot
in/through all the years
of the year
put years on sb
take years off sb
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