1. C 年　 time taken by the earth to make one orbit round the sun
2. P 与某事物有关的一年的期间　 period of one year associated with sth such as education or finance
3. P 年纪，年龄，年岁　 age, time of life
4. C 学年，年度　 a period of a year in the life of an organization

　add ～　显老
　attain ～　达到成年期
　enter a new ～　进入新的一年
　feel one's ～　觉得自己老了
　hail a new ～　迎新年
　put on ～s　增长年岁
　reach the ～　年龄够了
　show one's ～s　显得衰老
　advancing ～　年事已高
　astronomical ～　天文年
　bumper ～　兴隆的一年
　calendar ～　历年
　civil ～　民用年
　closing ～　最后一年
　coming ～　来年
　common ～　平年
　crowded ～　多事的一年
　favourable ～　顺利的一年
　fiscal ～　财政年
　golden ～　黄金年
　good ～　好年头
　last ～　最后一年
　memorable ～　难忘的一年
　new ～　新的一年
　election ～　选举年
　famine ～　饥荒年
　light ～　光年
　school ～　学年
　beyond sb's ～　超越某人的年龄
　index by ～　年序索引
　by the ～ 2000　到2000年
　be paid by the ～　按年度领薪水
　for ～s　好几年
　over the ～s　这些年来
　under five ～s　五岁以下
　the ～ after next　后年
　the ～ before last　前年
　～s of prosperity　繁荣的年代

　A leap year has 366 days.　闰年有366天。
　The lease expires in the year 2010.　租约到2010年期满。
　He was born in the fighting year of 1938.　他出生在1938年的战争时代。
　The years flowed on.　岁月流逝。
　It cost him three years of toil to win.　他苦干了三年才获胜。
　He got 25 years for robbery.　他因抢劫罪被判了25年徒刑。
　She's worked there for ten years.　她在那里工作10年了。
　I've worked for this firm for years.　我为这家公司工作很多年了。
　It's years since we last met.　我们已经很久没见面了。
　The country went through years of turmoil.　这个国家经历了多年的混乱。
　It took her years to realize this.　经过很多年以后她才认识到这一点。
　His father died years ago.　他的父亲几年前就去世了。
　Cars were invented more than one hundred years ago.　汽车在100多年前就被发明了。
　It's just a year since I arrived here.　我来到这里整一年了。
　I arrived a year ago.　我是一年前来的。
　In a year's time they're getting married.　一年之后他们就要结婚了。
　It's been a good year for films.　这是个拍影片的一年。
　All these events took place in this same crowded year.　所有这些事件都发生在这同一多事的年头。
　How many years would you give him?　你估计他有多大?
　He died in his sixtieth year.　他在步入60岁时去世。
　I have just completed my 18th year.　我刚满18岁。
　Purple, though beautiful, adds years to the age.　紫色虽美，但会使人显得老气。
　His eyes were blurred from years.　他因年老而两眼昏花。
　My teacher is a seventy-year-old woman.　我的老师是一位70岁的老妇人。
　The school year is broken up with many holidays.　一个学年中有许多假日。
　He took Greek in his first year at university.　他在大学一年级时学了希腊语。

 ♣ all (the) year round
　一年到头　throughout the year
　He swims in the sea all year round.　他一年到头都在海里游泳。
　They grow crops all the year round.　他们一年到头种庄稼。
　All the year round we get new members of staff coming in.　一年里不断有新职员来我们这儿就职。
　The mountain was so high that the snow does not melt on it all the year round.　这山很高，上面的雪终年不融。
　Then the child has private lessons all the year round.　然后，小孩子就好像是一年到头地由家庭教师授课。
　The sun shines here all the year round.　这里一年到头都能照到太阳。
 ♣ put years on
　觉得老些　make sb feel or appear older
　The shock put years on him.　这一场冲击使他变老了。
　His work has put years on him.　他的工作使他变得老练。
　All these recent worries have put years on me in a few weeks.　最近，所有这些令人伤脑筋的事几个星期就让我老了许多。
 ♣ take years off
　显得年轻　make sb feel or appear younger
　Giving up smoking has taken years off her.　她戒烟以后显得年轻了。
　Moving to London may have taken five years off her.　搬到伦敦也许使她年轻了5岁。
　The doctor is so pleased about Jim's loss of weight, and says it will take years off him.　吉姆体重减轻，医生非常高兴，并说这将使他显得年轻。
 ♣ the year dot
　很久以前　a very long time ago
　I've been going there every summer since the year dot.　我从很久以前每年夏天都到那里去。
　The book contained church records going back to the year dot.　这本书收录有追溯到很久以前的一些教会记录。
　Fuel shortage isn't something that's going to happen in the year dot within the lifetime of the youngest of us.　能源不足并不是在遥远的未来才会发生的事，我们之中年纪最小的人这一生中就会碰到。
 ♣ year after year
　年复一年　continuously for many years
　Tens of thousands of men, year after year, have travelled southwards to find work.　每年有数万人到南方去找工作。
　Winter fades into spring year after year.　冬去春来，年复一年。
　Year after year I have had a letter from Arthur on New Year's Day.　每年新年之际我都收到阿瑟的来信。
 ♣ year by year
　一年一年地　progressively each year
　Year by year their affection for each other grew stronger.　他们的爱情逐年加深。
　Year by year we grow a little older.　我们会逐年变老。
　Year by year, century by century English has grown and changed.　英语已一年一年，一个世纪一个世纪地有所发展，有所变化。
　Prices tended to rise year by year.　物价年年呈上涨趋势。
　The university gets bigger year by year.　这所大学的规模一年比一年大。
　One could see the neighbourhood deteriorate year by year.　任何人都可以看到邻近地区变得一年不如一年了。
　The boy grows taller year by year.　这男孩一年一年地长高了。
 ♣ year in year out
　年年，岁岁，年年如此　regularly each year, without ever changing
　They go to the same campsite year in year out.　他们年年都去同一个营地野营。
　And ever since I grew up I've weighed ten and half to eleven stone year in year out.　而从我长大成人以来，我的体重年年都在147到154磅之间。

1. 他们好久没见面了。
　［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。
2. 一个天分很高的12岁女孩最近被这所大学录取了。
　［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。
3. 这所学校是1932年创办的。
　［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.
4. 我的小妹妹年仅5岁。
　［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.
5. 你今年多大了?
　［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.
6. 这个省的粮食产量逐年增加。
　［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。

　［词源］　中古英语yere<古英语gear（年）