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year
/BrE jɪə, jəː 
, AmE jɪr /
▶[Dates] A noun
1 (period of time) 年; (measured from any point) 年度;
the academic or school year 学年;
secretary of the year award 年度秘书奖;
the pre-war/post-war years 战前／战后年代;
this/next/last year 今年／明年／去年;
the coming/current/past year 来年／本年／去年;
the year before last/after next 前年／后年;
every/every other year 每年／每隔一年;
three years ago/later 3年前／后;
for six years running 连续6年;
in future years or years to come 在未来的日子里;
I shall retire in two years or two years' time 再过两年我就退休了;
year after year 年年;
year in, year out 年复一年;
year by year 一年一年地;
a year-on-year spending increase 开销的逐年增长;
all (the) year round 一年到头;
over the years 多年来;
£60,000 a or per year (income) 每年（收入）6万英镑;
it'll be a year in or next January since she died 到一月份，她就去世有一年了;
it was a year ago last October that I heard the news 我是去年十月听到那个消息的;
it's over a year since I saw him last 自从我上次见到他已经过去一年多了;
she got five years informal 她被判刑5年;
it has taken years off me or my life! 这使我显得年轻了好几岁！;
the job has put years on me! 这工作使我显得老了不少！;
I gave you the best years of my life 我把一生中最好的年华给了你;
the years had not been kind to her 岁月无情，她苍老了很多
2 sing (particular period) 日历年;
in the year 1953 在1953年;
in the year of Our Lord 1527 archaic 在公元1527年;
what year is the wine? 这是什么年份的葡萄酒？
3 (indicating age) 岁;
she is 19 years old or of age 她19岁;
a two-year-old child 两岁的孩子;
he was in his fortieth year 他当时40岁
4 School, University (year of study, level) 年级;
to be in one's third year (at Oxford) （在牛津）读大三;
a first-year student British 一年级学生;
to be in (the) third year 是三年级的学生;
he was in my year at college 他读大学时和我同届
5 British (pupil) [某年级的] 学生;
to teach the second years 教二年级的学生
B years
plural noun
1 (age) 岁数;
from her earliest years 从她的早年;
he's well on in years now 他现在已经一大把年纪了;
to grow in years literary 年事渐高
2 informal (a long time) 很久;
that would take years! 那要花很长时间！;
it's (been) years since we last met! 我们已经多年没有见面了！;
the worst film I've seen in years 我多年来看过的最糟糕的影片;
he gave up smoking years ago 他老早就戒烟了