| 单词 | year |
| 释义 | yearyear /yɪr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 112 MONTHS a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time: I moved here two years ago.for a year/for ... years Jackie has worked here for several years.in/during/over a year In the past year, 16 people have been killed. We had to come up with a three-year business plan. The drug promises to add years to patients’ lives.a/per year He earns $50,000 a year.2JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months, beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 SYN calendar year: The lease expires at the end of the year. I’ll turn 40 in the year 2020. December is so busy, we probably won’t see each other again this year. The accident happened on October 20 last year. It’s usually a lot colder this time of year. Work should be finished by the end of the year. → see also leap year3AGE used in phrases to talk about someone’s age: be five/ten/50 etc. years old She could read by the time she was four years old.three-year-old/18-year-old/92-year-old etc. somebody/something I wasn’t going to let an eight-year-old child tell me what to do.a four-year-old/a six-year-old/a ten-year-old etc. You can’t expect two-year-olds to know right from wrong.ten/12/39 etc. years of age Children under 17 years of age will not be admitted.4A LONG TIME years [plural] a very long period of time: It’s been years since I heard that joke.in/for years I haven’t been there for years. It was the first time in years I had seen Kathy smiling.5PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY years [plural] a particular period of time in someone’s life or in history: somebody’s childhood/teenage/retirement etc. years They’ve been friends since their college years.the war/postwar/boom etc. years The drought years of the 1930s drove many people to California.the Obama/Bush/Clinton etc. years (=the period of time when someone was in power) The Eisenhower years were a time of prosperity for most Americans. The problem has only gotten worse in recent years. They lived in Seattle during the early years of their marriage. In later years he turned to writing poetry (=when he was older).year as My years as a student were among the happiest of my life.6USUAL TIME FOR something a period of time, about equal to or shorter than a year, that is the usual time for something to happen: academic/school year (=the time when schools, colleges, etc. normally have classes, usually from September through May or early June in the U.S.)the financial/tax year The company hasn’t paid any taxes for the previous three tax years. → see also fiscal year7all year round during the whole year: It’s warm enough to swim all year round. → see also year-round8year after year (also year in, year out) continuously for many years: The same birds returned to that tree year after year.9year by year as each year passes: Year by year, things are getting worse.10SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL a particular level that a student stays at for one year: Becca is a first-year law student.11EARTH GOING AROUND SUN science a measure of time equal to 365¼ days, which is the amount of time it takes for the Earth to travel once around the Sun12man/woman/teacher etc. of the year someone who has been chosen as the best at something in a particular year: Rodriguez was voted player of the year.13since the year one informal or humorous for a very long time, or always[Origin: Old English gear] → see also be getting on (in years) at get on (2), not/never in a million years at million (4), yearlyCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivesthis year She will be eight this year.the current year The budget for the current year is 3 million dollars.next year I might go to law school next year.the coming year (=the year that is about to start) Here are some events to look out for in the coming year.the following year The following year he was made team captain.last year We met last year at a party.the past year Over the past year everyone has worked extremely hard.the previous year They had married the previous year.every/each year We go to Florida every year.the new year (=used to talk about the beginning of the next year) The report is due at the beginning of the new year.a calendar year (=from January 1 to December 31) She has had a hit song in every calendar year for the last decade.two/three etc. consecutive years (=two/three etc. years one after another) Our high school has won the championship for eight consecutive years.verbsa year passes (by) (also a year goes by) A year had passed since he first suggested the idea.spend a year I spent two years working in New York.something takes a year It took several years before the feeling in his hand returned.serve a year (=spend a year in prison or doing a particular job) He served three years in prison for selling drugs. |
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