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1. N-COUNT See also: leap year; 年;日历年 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. 

  • The year was 1840...

    那是1840年。

  • We had an election last year.

    去年我们进行了一次选举。

  • ...the number of people on the planet by the year 2050.

    到2050年这个星球上的人口数量

2. N-COUNT 一年时间 A year is any period of twelve months. 

  • The museums attract more than two and a half million visitors a year...

    这些博物馆一年能吸引逾250万名参观者。

  • She's done quite a bit of work this past year...

    过去的一年里她做了不少工作。

  • The school has been empty for ten years.

    学校已经空置10年了。

3. N-COUNT 年岁;年纪;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. 

  • He's 58 years old...

    他58岁。

  • I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age...

    我从11岁起就麻烦不断。

  • This column is ten years old today.

    这个专栏到今天已经开办10年了。

4. N-COUNT 学年（英国和美国的学年从9月开始） A school year or academic year is the period of time in each twelve months when schools or universities are open and students are studying there. In Britain and the United States, the school year starts in September. 

  • ...the 1990/91 academic year...

    1990—1991学年

  • The twins didn't have to repeat their second year at school.

    这对双胞胎不需要重读二年级。

5. N-COUNT （某）年级学生 You can refer to someone who is, for example, in their first year at school or university as a first year. 

  • The first years and second years got a choice of French, German and Spanish.

    一年级和二年级学生可以在法语、德语和西班牙语中选一门。

6. N-COUNT （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. 

  • 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。

  • The company admits it will make a loss for the year ending September.

    公司承认到9月本财年结束时将会出现亏损。

7. N-PLURAL 很久;很长时间 You can use years to emphasize that you are referring to a long time. 

  • I haven' laughed so much in years...

    我很久没这么畅快地笑过了。

  • It took me years to fully recover...

    我过了很久才完全康复。

  • People hold onto letters for years and years.

    人们经年累月地保存着信件。

8. N-PLURAL （在某地或做某事的）年头，时期 You can refer to the time you spend in a place or doing an activity as your years there or your years of doing that activity. 

  • The joy turned to tragedy during his years in Cyprus.

    他在塞浦路斯的那段日子里，生活由喜转悲。

  • ...his years as Director of the Manchester City Art Gallery.

    他担任曼彻斯特城市艺术馆馆长的那些年

9. See also: calendar year; fiscal year;  
10. PHRASE 年年;每年 If something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year. 

  • Regulars return year after year...

    老主顾每年都会再来。

  • You keep on amazing me, year after year, the same old ways.

    你不断地给我同样的惊喜，年年如此。

11. PHRASE 一年一年地;逐年 If something changes year by year, it changes gradually each year. 

  • This problem has increased year by year...

    这个问题一年比一年严重。

  • The department has been shrinking year by year because of budget cuts.

    这个部门因为预算削减而逐年萎缩。

12. PHRASE 年复一年地；年年 If something happens year in ,year out, it happens every year without changing and is often boring. 

  • Year in, year out, nothing changes...

    年复一年，一切照旧。

  • With stockbroking it was the same thing, year in year out.

    证券经纪工作每年都重复着一成不变的内容。

13. PHRASE 他那样年纪的男子/她那样年纪的女子 You can say a man of his years or a woman of her years to refer to that person's age in relation to something else you are talking about. 

  • He was moving with surprising speed for a man of his years...

    他的行动速度对于他那个年纪的人来说很是惊人。

  • A young man of his years needed to have a separate room.

    他那个年纪的年轻人需要有个单独的房间。

14. PHRASE （经历或衣着）使显得年老，使觉得老迈 If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older. 

  • I always turn adversity and defeat into victories, but it's probably put ten years on me.

    我总是能够扭转逆境，反败为胜，但这可能让我显得老成了10岁。

15. PHRASE 一年到头;终年 If you say something happens all year round or all the year round, it happens continually throughout the year. 

  • Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round...

    城市公园是理想去处，那里几乎一年四季鲜花盛开。

  • Drinking and driving is a problem all the year round.

    酒后驾车是个常年存在的问题。

16. PHRASE （经历或衣着）使显得年轻，使觉得年轻 If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has taken years off someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much younger. 

  • Changing your hairstyle can take ten years off you.

    换换发型能让你年轻10岁。

17.   donkey's years→see: donkey; 
Noun

1. a late time of life;

  • "old age is not for sissies"
  • "he's showing his years"
  • "age hasn't slowed him down at all"
  • "a beard white with eld"
  • "on the brink of geezerhood"

2. a prolonged period of time;

  • "we've known each other for ages"
  • "I haven't been there for years and years"

3. the time during which someone's life continues;

  • "the monarch's last days"
  • "in his final years"
1. An old Chinese saying goes, "It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to rear people".
中国有句古话：“十年树木，百年树人。”

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. If he was given five years' imprisonment, he could be let out after three years.
要是他被判五年徒刑，他就可能在三年后出狱。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. If the birds have not flown for three years, they will soar into the clouds. If they have not sung for three years, their songs will take everyone by surprise.
三年不蜚，蜚将冲天；三年不鸣，鸣将惊人。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. If the illegal gains are very large the counterfeiter shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years and be fined.
对于违法所得数额巨大的，处3年以上7年以下有期徒刑，并处罚金。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to rear people.
十年树木，百年树人。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. They haven't seen each other for years.; It's many years since they parted.
他们多年没见面了。

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7. "The Chronological Record of Historians," written by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.), was the world's earliest biographical work of literature, covering a history of 3,000 years. Its contents rang from the legendary Huang Di, or Yellow Emperor, to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty (206B.C.-220A.D.).
中国西汉司马迁编著的《史记》是世界上最早的传记文学。它记事起于传说中的黄帝，迄于汉武帝，首尾3000年。

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8. "The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing", written more than 2,000 years ago, was the earliest book on materia medica in the world. Recorded in the book are over 300 kinds of animals, plants, and minerals used for medication.
中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古的本草书。 写于2，000多年前， 记载了300多种动植矿物。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. "The Star Chart" written by Gan De and "Astronomy" by Shi Shen of the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) were the earliest star catalogues in the world. The two star charts presented in the books record positions of 120 stars. These positions, recorded 200 years earlier than those by other countries, are remarkably accurate, even by modern standards.
中国战国时代甘德著的《星点》和石申著的《天文》是世界上最早的星表。 两表里记有120颗恒星的位置， 至今还非常准确， 比其他国家观测恒星早200多年。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. A census of population is taken every ten years.
人口普查每10年进行一次。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. A certain number of years ago, this place was still a little fishing village.
若干年前，这里还是一个小渔村。

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12. A child's personality is fixed in the first five years of life.
小孩的性格在出生5年内就固定了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. A few more years will mellow the wine.
年头多将使酒醇香可口。

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14. A few years after his graduation from a university the man acquired the reputation of being a philosopher.
这个人从大学毕业后不久就获得了哲学家的名声。

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15. A hundred years after Confucius died,Mencius taught and expanded Confucian doctrine.
孔子去世100年后，孟子传授并阐发了孔子的学说。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea.
一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法。

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17. A romance extending over several years was culminated.
一场数年之久的恋爱就此圆满告终。

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18. About once in ten years snow falls on Mexico City.
墨西哥城大约每隔十年降一次雪。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. According to the American Constitution, presidential elections are held every four years.
根据美国宪法，总统选举每四年举行一次。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. Acting runs in their blood; they have been actors for more than 150 years.
表演是他们的嫡传技艺， 150多年来他们家族一直都是演员。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》