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. 我们去年进行了一次选举。
2. →see also leap year
3. N-COUNT A year is any period of twelve months. 1年时间
The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year. 这些博物馆一年吸引二百五十多万参观者。
She's done quite a bit of work this past year. 她在这过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. 年龄
He's 58 years old. 他58岁。
I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age. 我从11岁以后一直处于麻烦中。
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. 学年
...the 1990/91 academic year. …1990/91学年。
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. (财政) 年度[商业]
He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years. 他宣布了下两个财政年度的大幅税收增加。
7. N-PLURAL You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time. 很久[强调]
I haven't laughed so much in years. 我很久没有笑这么多了。
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 分点年 (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. 年复一年
Regulars return year after year. 常客年年都回来。
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. 这个问题一年年地加重。
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. 城市花园是理想的,因为它们几乎全年都开花。
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year /jɪə/ (years)
剑桥词典
- A1 [ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
- 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日间的)一年时间
Annette worked in Italy for two years. 安妮特在意大利工作了两年。
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. 我们去年去埃及度假了。
At this time of year the beaches are almost deserted . 一年之中的这个时候,海滩几乎空寂无人。
This species keeps its leaves all year (round) (= through the year). 这一品种常年不落叶。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
a period of twelve months relating to a particular activity
(与某一活动有关的)一年,年度
The financial /tax year begins in April . 财政/纳税年度从4月份开始。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]
the part of the year, in a school or university , during which courses are taught
学年
the academic /school year 学年
UK She's now in her final /first/second year at Manchester University. 她眼下在曼彻斯特大学读毕业班/一年级/二年级。
US My daughter is in her freshman /sophomore /junior /senior year. 我女儿现在读大学一年级/二年级/三年级/四年级。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词, 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时,在英式英语中,该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中,使用动词的单数更好 ] UK (US class)
a group of students who start school , college , university , or a course together
年级
Kathy was in the year above me at college . 上大学时凯西比我高一届。
例句
习语
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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