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🔑 yearBrE /jɪə(r)/, /jɜː(r)/NAmE /jɪr/ noun (abbreviation yr) 🔑 (also ˌcalendar ˈyear) [C] the period from 1 January to 31 December, that is 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 months 年；日历年◆in the year 1865 在 1865 年◆I lost my job earlier this year. 今年早些时候，我失业了。◆Elections take place every year. 每年都进行各项选举。◆The museum is open all (the) year round (= during the whole year). 博物馆全年开放。 ➡ see also leap year, new year 🔑 [C] a period of 12 months, measured from any particular time 一年时间◆It's exactly a year since I started working here. 我来这里工作已经整整一年了。◆She gave up teaching three years ago. 三年前，她放弃了教学工作。◆in the first year of their marriage 在他们婚后第一年里◆the pre-war/war/post-war years (= the period before/during/after the war) 战前的/战争的/战后的年代◆I have happy memories of my years in Poland (= the time I spent there). 在波兰的岁月给我留下了美好的回忆。 ➡ see also gap year, light year (2) , off year 🔑 [C] a period of 12 months connected with a particular activity 与某事相关的一年；年度◆the academic/school year 学年◆the tax year 财政年度 ➡ see also financial year [C] (especially BrE) (at a school, etc. 学校等) a level that you stay in for one year; a student at a particular level 年级；某年级的学生◆We started German in year seven. 我们在七年级开始学习德语。◆a year-seven pupil 七年级学生◆The first years do French. 一年级学生学习法语。◆She was in my year at school. 她上学时跟我同级。🔑 [C, usually pl.] age; time of life 年岁；年纪；年龄◆He was 14 years old when it happened. 这件事情发生的时候，他 14 岁。◆She looks young for her years. 她看上去比她的年龄小。◆They were both only 20 years of age. 他们两人都只有 20 岁。◆a twenty-year-old man 一名二十岁的男子◆He died in his sixtieth year. 他是六十岁时去世的。◆She's getting on in years (= is no longer young). 她已经上年纪了。🔑 years [pl.] (informal) a long time 很久；好长时间◆It's years since we last met. 我们多年没有见面了。◆They haven't seen each other for years. 他们彼此多年没有见面了。◆That's the best movie I've seen in years. 那是我多年来看过的最好的电影。◆We've had a lot of fun over the years. 这些年来我们过得很开心。 ●man, woman, car, etc. of the ˈyeara person or thing that people decide is the best in a particular field in a particular year 某年度最优秀人物（或事物）●not/never in a hundred, etc. ˈyears(informal) used to emphasize that you will/would never do sth 永远不；绝对不◆I'd never have thought of that in a million years. 我永远也想不出这个主意。●put ˈyears on sbto make sb feel or look older 使感到老迈；使显得年老●take ˈyears off sbto make sb feel or look younger 使觉得（或显得）年轻●ˌyear after ˈyearevery year for many years 年年；每年●ˌyear by ˈyearas the years pass; each year 一年一年地；每年；年复一年◆Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger. 年复一年，他们对彼此的爱愈加强烈。●the year ˈdot(BrE) (NAmE the year ˈone) (informal) a very long time ago 很久以前◆I've been going there every summer since the year dot. 我从很久以前就每年夏天都去那里。●year ˈin, year ˈoutevery year 年复一年；年年●ˌyear of ˈgrace●ˌyear of our ˈLord(formal) any particular year after the birth of Christ 纪元某年；公元某年●ˌyear on ˈyear () each year, compared with the last year 与前一年同期比较◆Spending has increased year on year. 与去年同期比较，开销增加了。◆a year-on-year increase in spending 开销的年度增长●of advanced ˈyears●sb's advanced ˈageused in polite expressions to describe sb as 'very old' 高龄；年事已高◆He was a man of advanced years. 他年事已高。◆(humorous) Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself! 我虽说是黄昏暮年，也还懂得如何找乐儿！●sb's declining ˈyears(literary) the last years of sb's life 暮年；晚年●ˈdonkey's years(BrE, informal) a very long time 很长时间◆We've known each other for donkey's years. 我们已认识多年。●the seven-year ˈitch(informal, humorous) the desire for new sexual experience that is thought to be felt after seven years of marriage 七年之痒（婚后七年另觅新欢的欲望）●the ˌturn of the ˈcentury/ˈyearthe time when a new century/year starts 世纪之交；新年伊始；辞旧迎新之际◆It was built at the turn of the century. 这是在世纪之交修建的。 |