year

n

• ① 1年;一年的期间(略作y., yr.)2[附有修饰语](特定计算的)年,年度,学年
  • 1996 was an election year.1996是个选举年。
  • 1997 was a good year for the tourist industry.1997对观光业来说是个好年[丰收年]。
  • a bad year凶年,歉收[不景气]的一年
  • this year今年
  • last year去年
  • the year before(其)前一年
  • next year明年
  • the next year(其)下一年
  • every other [second] year每隔一年,每二年
  • a year (from) today现在起一年后,明年的今天
  • by the year按年(以年度为准)
  • in a year's time=in a year一年后
  • in the year 1997在1997年(★可用in 1997;在【英】in the year of 1997可用以指1997年度(会计年度或学年度))
  • see the old year out辞岁
  • She has been teaching for ten years.她已教了十年书。
  • It's exactly [just] a year to the day since I arrived here.我到此地,刚好过了一年。
  • the academic [school] year学年(英美通常为九月至六月, Oxbridge则为十月至六月)

• ② 1[用于数词后]…岁2[用复数形]年岁,年龄;(尤指)老年
  • He's twenty years old [years of age].他二十岁(★【口】一般省略years old [years of age])。
  • at fifty years of age在五十岁前时(★【口】一般简化为at fifty;此说法亦可改写为at the age of fifty)
  • a five-year-old boy=a boy of five years五岁的男孩
  • She died in her eightieth year.她在虚岁八十时去世。
  • a man of years老年人
  • a man of his years与他差不多年纪的人
  • He's advanced in years.他上了年纪。
  • He looks older [younger] than his years.他看起来比他的实际年龄年老[年轻]。
  • He's young for his years.他比实际年龄年轻。

• ③ 年级,学年
  • He's in his freshman year.他是一年级。
  • They were in the same year at senior high school.他们在高中是同学年。
  • What year are you in?你是几年级?

• ④[用复数形]非常长的时间,多年
  • It happened years ago.那件事是多年前发生的。
  • It's [It has been] years since I last saw her.从上一次我见到她以来已过了好几年了。
  • I have worked here for years.我已经在这儿工作了好几年。

• ⑤[用复数形]时代,时期
  • the years of Queen Elizabeth伊丽莎白女王时代
  • in (the) years to come在未来的时代