time taken by the earth to make one orbit round the sun
period of one year associated with sth such as education or finance
age, time of life
a period of a year in the life of an organization
"she is 4 years old"
"in the year 1920"
"a school year"
"a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
"the class of '97"
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
The Martian year is 687 earth days long.
出自:Scientific American
误 It's year since they met each other.
正 It's years since they met each other.
析 要表示“很多年,很长时间”, year要用复数形式。
误 A highly talented twelve-years-old girl was recently admitted to this university.
正 A highly talented twelve-year-old girl was recently admitted to this university.
析 表示“岁数”用...year old,但如果这个短语用作前置定语,那么名词year要用单数形式,而且单词用连字符,构成一个合成形容词。
误 This school was founded in the year of 1932.
正 This school was founded in the year 1932.
析 名词year后具体表示年代的词直接作同位语,不用介词of。
误 My youngest sister is only five years.
正 My youngest sister is only five.
正 My youngest sister is only five years old.
正 My youngest sister is only five years of age.
析 要表示某人的具体年龄,不能直接用数词加上years。
误 How old are you this year?
正 How old are you?
析 汉语中常说“你今年多大年纪?”,但英语却不习惯用this year。
误 The grain output in this province has increased year after year.
正 The grain output in this province has increased year by year.
析 year after year(年复一年)和year by year(逐年的)的区别在于:后者含有“比较”的意义。
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