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year

英 [jɪə]

[NOUN]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

years
1. [C 可数名词] 年
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.
双语例句
例：
The year was 1840.
那是1840年。
例：
We had an election last year.
我们去年进行了一次选举。
2. [C 可数名词] 1年时间
A year is any period of twelve months.
双语例句
例：
The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year.
这些博物馆一年能吸引250多万名参观者。
例：
She's done quite a bit of work this past year.
她在过去的一年里做了很多工作。
3. [C 可数名词] 年龄
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.
双语例句
例：
He's 58 years old.
他58岁。
例：
I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age.
我从11岁起就麻烦不断。
4. [C 可数名词] 学年
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 September.
双语例句
例：
the 1990/91 academic year.
1990/91学年。
5. [C 可数名词] （财政）年度
A financial or business year is an exact period of twelve months which businesses or institutions use as a basis for organizing their finances.
双语例句
例：
He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years.
他宣布在接下来的两个财年里将大幅提高税收。
6. [PL 复数] 很久
You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time.
近义词
age
双语例句
例：
I haven't laughed so much in years.
我很久没有这么开怀大笑了。

PHRASE. 习语

all year round
1. 全年地
If you say something happens all year round or all the year round, it happens continually throughout the year.
双语例句
例：
Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round.
城市花园是理想去处，因为那里几乎一年四季都鲜花盛开。
year after year
1. 年复一年
If something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year.
双语例句
例：
Regulars return year after year.
常客年年都回来。
year by year
1. 一年一年地
If something changes year by year, it changes gradually each year.
双语例句
例：
This problem has increased year by year.
这个问题一年比一年严重。