year
noun
jɪə
noun
1
12 MONTHS
12 个月
a
period
of
about
365
days
or
12
months,
measured
from
any
particular
time
年; 年度; 岁
I
arrived
here
two
years
ago.
我两年前来到这里。
We’ve
known
each
other
for
over
a
year.
我们彼此认识已逾一年。
It’s
almost
a
year
since
Sue
died.
休去世快一年了。
Jodi
is
15
years
old.
乔迪15 岁。
a
three-year
business
plan
3 年的业务发展计划
a
four-year-old
child
4 岁的孩子
be
12/21
etc
years
of
age
2
JANUARY TO DECEMBER
1 月至 12 月
also
又作
a
period
of
365
or
366
days
divided
into
12
months
beginning
on
January
1st
and
ending
on
December
31st
历年
the
year
that
Kennedy
died
肯尼迪遇害那一年
at
the
end
of
the
year
在年底
She
goes
there
every
year.
她每年都到那里去。
in
the
year
1785
在1785 年
this
year’s
cup
final
今年的杯赛决赛
The
museum
attracts
100,000
visitors
a
year.
这座博物馆每年可以吸引 10 万名游客。
in
the
early
years
of
last
century
在上世纪初年
3
years
a.
a
very
long
period
of
time
b.
age,
especially
old
age
年纪，岁数〔尤指高龄〕
informal
It’s
years
since
I
rode
a
bike.
我很久没骑自行车了。
in/for
years
I
haven’t
been
there
for
years.
我已很久没去那里了。
It
was
the
first
time
in
years
I’d
seen
her.
那是多年来我第一次见到她。
a
man/woman/person
etc
of
his/her
etc
years
Gordon
is
very
active
for
a
man
of
his
years.
从他的年龄来说，戈登算是很活跃了。
getting
on
in
years
4
all (the) year round
during
the
whole
year
全年
It’s
warm
enough
to
swim
all
year
round.
这里的温度全年都可以游泳。
5
year by year
as
each
year
passes
年年，每年; 年复一年
Business
has
steadily
increased
year
by
year.
生意每年稳步增长。
6
year after year/year in, year out
every
year
for
many
years
一年又一年，年复一年
Many
birds
return
to
the
same
spot
year
after
year.
许多鸟类年复一年地回到同一个地方。
7
PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY
人生阶段/历史时期
a
particular
period
of
time
in
someone’s
life
or
in
history
〔人生或历史中的〕某一特定时间段，时期
sb’s
childhood/early/teenage/retirement
etc
years
those
who
start
to
smoke
in
their
teenage
years
少年时期就开始抽烟的那些人
the
war/Depression/boom
etc
years
the
boom
years
of
the
1980’s
20 世纪 80 年代的繁荣期
sb’s
years
in/at
sth
during
his
years
in
China
他在中国的那些年
sb’s
years
as
sth
Sheila
enjoyed
her
years
as
a
student
in
Oxford.
希拉就读牛津大学的那几年很快乐。
In
later
years
he
turned
to
writing
poetry.
晚年他转向诗歌创作。
8
the school/academic year
the
time
within
a
period
of
12
months
when
students
are
studying
at
a
school
or
university
中小学/大学学年
9
SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL
年级
a
particular
level
that
a
student
stays
at
for
one
year
[尤英] 年级
especially BrE
a
group
of
year
seven
students
一组七年级学生
in
a
year
He
was
in
my
year
at
school.
他念书时和我同级。
10
first/second etc year
10.
someone
who
is
in
their
first
etc
year
at
school
or
university
【英】
〔中学或大学里的〕一年级/二年级等的学生
BrE
The
department
offers
a
study
skills
programme
for
all
first
years.
系里为所有一年级学生开设了学习技巧课程。
11
musician/player/car etc of the year
11.
the
musician
etc
who
was
voted
the
best
in
a
particular
year
年度最佳音乐人/运动员/汽车等
vote/name
sth
...
of
the
year
The
new
Renault
was
voted
car
of
the
year.
新款雷诺汽车被评为年度最佳汽车。
12
never/not in a million years
12.
used
to
say
that
something
is
extremely
unlikely
[口] 决不会，永不
spoken
Never
in
a
million
years
did
I
think
we’d
lose.
我绝不认为我们会输。
13
the year dot
13.
a
very
long
time
ago
[英，非正式] 很久以前
BrE informal
Scientists
have
been
involved
in
war
since
the
year
dot
.
科学家从很久以前就卷入战争了。
14
put years on sb/take years off sb
14.
to
make
someone
look
or
feel
older
or
younger
使某人显得苍老/年轻
Tina’s
divorce
has
put
years
on
her.
离婚使蒂娜变得苍老了。