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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++year /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1 12 months 十二个月TMC 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. 我们相识一年多了。 It’s almost a year since Sue died. 休去世快一年了。 Jodi is 15 years old. 约迪15岁。 a three-year business plan 三年的业务发展计划 a four-year-old child 四岁的孩子be 12/21 etc years of age (=be 12/21 etc years old) 12岁/21岁等 → financial year, fiscal year, light year, tax year2 january to december 一月至十二月 (also calendar year)TMC 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 肯尼迪去世那一年 in the year 1785 在1785年this/last/next year They moved here at the beginning of this year. 他们是今年年初搬来这里的。 last year’s cup final 去年的足总杯决赛 She goes there every year. 她每年都去那里。 The museum attracts 100,000 visitors a year. 博物馆每年吸引十万名游客。 in the early years of the last century 在上世纪初 → leap year, New Year3 years a) informalLONG TIME a very long period of time 多年；很长时间，长久 SYN ages 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。 b) AGEage, especially old age 年纪，岁数〔尤指高龄〕a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years Gordon is very active for a man of his years. 戈登对于他这个年龄的人来说算是很活跃了。getting on in years (=no longer young) 年事渐高，不再年轻4 all (the) year round during the whole year 全年 It’s warm enough to swim all year round. 这里很暖和，全年都可以游泳。 → year-round5 year by year SLOWas each year passes 一年一年地，逐年 Business has steadily increased year by year. 业务逐年稳步增长。6 year after year/year in, year outyear out year after year/year in CONTINUOUSevery year for many years 年年，年复一年 Many birds return to the same spot year after year. 许多鸟类年年都回到同一个地方。7 PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY 人生阶段/历史时期years [plural] 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8. the school/academic year the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university 学年9 school/university level 中小学/大学年级 especially British English a particular level that a student stays at for one year 年级10 first/second etc year British EnglishSECLASS/GROUP OF STUDENTS someone who is in their first etc year at school or university 一年级/二年级等的学生11 musician/player/car etc of the year 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12 year on year compared with the previous year 与去年相比13 never/not in a million years spokenNEVER used to say that something is extremely unlikely 决不会，永不14 the year dot British English informal a very long time ago 很久以前15 put years on somebody/take years off somebody SEEMto make someone look or feel older or younger 使某人显得老/年轻 → donkey’s years at donkey(2)n GRAMMAR: Patterns with yearlast year/this year etcDon’t use in with these words:• You say last year: They got married last year. ✗Don’t say: They got married in last year.• You say this year: I will turn 16 this year. ✗Don’t say: I will turn 16 in this year.• You say next year: She’s going on a trip to England next year. ✗Don’t say: She’s going on a trip to England in next year.• You say that year: We had a lot of rain that year. ✗Don’t say: We had a lot of rain in that year.a year• You use a year when saying how many times in a year something happens: I only see my sister about twice a year. ✗Don’t say: I only see my sister about twice in a year.in the year ...• You use in the year when saying the year when something happens: In the year 2050 sea levels could be much higher.The record was a hit in the year that I was born.all year• You use all year when talking about something that happens during every part of a year: There is enough snow here to ski all year. ✗Don’t say: There is enough snow here to ski all the year.n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st 历年adjectivesthis yearShe will be eight this year.next yearI might go to law school next year.last yearLast year we spent a lot on the house.every yearThey go back to the same resort every year.the current yearThe budget for the current year was £13 million.the coming year (=the year that is about to start)Here are some events to look out for in the coming year.the past yearOver the past year everyone has worked extremely hard.the previous yearThey had married the previous year.the following yearThe following year he was made captain of the team.the new year (=used to talk about the beginning of the next year)The report is due at the beginning of the new year.phrasesthe beginning/start of the yearThey moved here at the beginning of last year. 他们是今年年初搬来这里的。the end of the yearWork should finish around the end of the year. COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 7: ADJECTIVES/NOUN + yearsearly years 早年Little is known about his early years. 他的早年生活鲜为人知。nHe remembers the early years of television.the last/latter/closing years of something 某事物的最后几年He changed his opinion during the last years of his life. 他晚年改变了观点。somebody’s childhood/teenage years 某人的童年/少年时代the home in which she spent her childhood years 她童年时代的家the war years 战争年代She worked for the BBC during the war years. 在战争年代里，她为英国广播公司工作。the boom years (=when an economy or industry is very successful) 繁荣时代nIn the boom years, things weren’t too bad.nsomebody’s retirement yearsHe enjoyed his retirement years in Wales.the Bush/Blair etc years (=when Bush, Blair etc was leader) 布什/布莱尔等时代nThe rich did very nicely during the Thatcher years.phrasesin recent years 在近几年The number of cases has risen dramatically in recent years. 近几年病例数量大幅上升。in later years 在晚年In later years he regretted their argument. 在晚年他后悔他们争吵过。in years gone by (=in the past) 在过去的岁月里nThe old fort defended the island in years gone by.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘in ancient years’ or ‘in the ancient years’. Say in ancient times or long ago. 不要说 ‘in ancient years’ 或 ‘in the ancient years’。 而要说 in ancient times 或 long ago。Examples from the Corpus
year• Jared is 15 years old.• I hated teaching the fifth year. They were always causing trouble.• He works a lot harder than most of the students in his year.• There are 130 children in the second year.• Jackie has worked here for several years.• The lease expires at the end of the year.• the year 2002• I moved here two years ago.be 12/21 etc years of age• Almost every one of the 276 non-standard entrants in this sample were 21 years of age or over.in a year• Moran said the work will probably begin in a year.• We did better in the last few weeks with the new record than we did in a year with the last one.• It's the first time I've heard her laugh in years ... years and years.• The delays are always measured in years, and some plaintiffs die in the interim.• Minuses: A quietly emotive, unshowy performance in a year of attention-getting female roles.• I think that in years to come they are bound to be looked back on as an aberration.• It was the second big explosion there in a year.• I am sixteen and therefore in year eleven at high school.From Longman Business Dictionaryyearyear /jɪə, jɜːjɪr/ written abbreviation yr noun [countable]1 (also calendar year) the period of time beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31The Small Business Administration arranged 55,000 small business loans last year.2any period of time equal to about 12 monthsMy passport expires in a year. → financial year → fiscal year → tax yearOrigin year Old English gearyear noun →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
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year S1 W1 /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/
noun [countable]
I arrived here two years ago.
We’ve known each other for over a year.
It’s almost a year since Sue died.
Jodi is 15 years old.
a three-year business plan
a four-year-old child
be 12/21 etc years of age (=be 12/21 etc years old) ⇨ financial year, fiscal year, light year, tax year
2. JANUARY TO DECEMBER (also calendar year) a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st:
the year that Kennedy died
in the year 1785
this/last/next year
They moved here at the beginning of this year.
last year’s cup final
She goes there every year.
The museum attracts 100,000 visitors a year.
in the early years of last century ⇨ leap year, New Year
3. years
a. informal a very long period of time
SYN ages:
It’s years since I rode a bike.
in/for years
I haven’t been there for years.
It was the first time in years I’d seen her.
b. age, especially old age
a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years
Gordon is very active for a man of his years.
getting on in years (=no longer young)
4. all (the) year round during the whole year:
It’s warm enough to swim all year round. ⇨ year-round
5. year by year as each year passes:
Business has steadily increased year by year.
6. year after year/year in, year out every year for many years:
Many birds return to the same spot year after year.
7. PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY years [plural] a particular period of time in someone’s life or in history:
the difficult years following the war
Sheila enjoyed her years as a student in Oxford.
8. the school/academic year the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university
9. SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL especially British English a particular level that a student stays at for one year:
a group of year seven students
in a year
He was in my year at school.
10. first/second etc year British English someone who is in their first etc year at school or university:
The department offers a study skills programme for all first years.
11. musician/player/car etc of the year the musician etc who was voted the best in a particular year
vote/name something ... of the year
The new Renault was voted car of the year.
12. year on year compared with the previous year:
Sales rose by 39 per cent year on year.
13. never/not in a million years spoken used to say that something is extremely unlikely:
Never in a million years did I think we’d lose.
14. the year dot British English informal a very long time ago:
Scientists have been involved in war since the year dot.
15. put years on somebody/take years off somebody to make someone look or feel older or younger:
Tina’s divorce has put years on her.
⇨ donkey’s years at donkey(2)
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▪this year She will be eight this year.
▪next year I might go to law school next year.
▪last year Last year we spent a lot on the house.
▪every year They go back to the same resort every year.
▪the current year The budget for the current year was £13 million.
▪the coming year (=the year that is about to start) Here are some events to look out for in the coming year.
▪the past year Over the past year everyone has worked extremely hard.
▪the previous year They had married the previous year.
▪the following year The following year he was made captain of the team.
▪the new year (=used to talk about the beginning of the next year) The report is due at the beginning of the new year.
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▪the beginning/start of the year They moved here at the beginning of last year.
▪the end of the year Work should finish around the end of the year.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + years
▪early years Little is known about his early years. | He remembers the early years of television.
▪the last/latter/closing years of something He changed his opinion during the last years of his life.
▪somebody's childhood/teenage years the home in which she spent her childhood years
▪the war years She worked for the BBC during the war years.
▪the boom years (=when an economy or industry is very successful) In the boom years, things weren't too bad.
▪somebody's retirement years He enjoyed his retirement years in Wales.
▪the Bush/Blair etc years (=when Bush, Blair etc was leader) The rich did very nicely during the Thatcher years.
■ phrases
▪in recent years The number of cases has risen dramatically in recent years.
▪in later years In later years he regretted their argument.
▪in years gone by (=in the past) The old fort defended the island in years gone by.
■ COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'in ancient years' or 'in the ancient years'. Say in ancient times or long ago.
year S1 W1 /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: gear
1. 12 MONTHS a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time:Origin: gear
be 12/21 etc years of age (=be 12/21 etc years old) ⇨ financial year, fiscal year, light year, tax year
2. JANUARY TO DECEMBER (also calendar year) a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st:
this/last/next year
3. years
a. informal a very long period of time
SYN ages:
in/for years
b. age, especially old age
a man/woman/person etc of his/her etc years
getting on in years (=no longer young)
4. all (the) year round during the whole year:
5. year by year as each year passes:
6. year after year/year in, year out every year for many years:
7. PERIOD OF LIFE/HISTORY years [plural] a particular period of time in someone’s life or in history:
8. the school/academic year the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university
9. SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY LEVEL especially British English a particular level that a student stays at for one year:
in a year
10. first/second etc year British English someone who is in their first etc year at school or university:
11. musician/player/car etc of the year the musician etc who was voted the best in a particular year
vote/name something ... of the year
12. year on year compared with the previous year:
13. never/not in a million years spoken used to say that something is extremely unlikely:
14. the year dot British English informal a very long time ago:
15. put years on somebody/take years off somebody to make someone look or feel older or younger:
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