名 year，New Year，age，a period in one's life；形 （每年的） annual，yearly ；

[例句] 正如1892年剧本的副标题所强调的，《凯瑟琳》是一部“爱尔兰戏剧”。 "Kathleen" was, as its 1892 subtitle asserted, "An Irish Drama".

[例句] 他们交往大概有一年了。 They were knocking around together for about a year.

age，time of life，year ；

[例句] 美是一种态度，与年龄无关。 Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.

[例句] 有些情况下有最低年龄限制。 In some cases there is a mini-mum age limit.

early youth，juvenile，young person，teen-age youths，gossoon；

[例句] 当那两名男子还击时，袭击他们的少年逃之夭夭。 The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back.

[例句] 两个少年闯进了琼斯先生的母亲家里行窃。 Two teenagers burgled the home of Mr Jones's mother.

youth，young people，lad，[电影]Jugend；

[例句] 一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。 A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.

[例句] 一位被警察拦下的摩洛哥青年拒绝出示他的证件。 A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers.

grow up，come of age，adult，grown-up，be of age ；

[例句] 一代又一代的成年人和儿童都很喜欢这个故事。 Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story.

[例句] 终场一幕让50,000名成年观众惊叹得张大嘴站了起来。 The finale had 50,000 adults standing in open-mouthed wonderment.

young boys and girls，teen-agers，youngsters，callan，hobbledehoy；

[例句] 老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。 Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.

[例句] 我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。 I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.

age，years，time，a decade of a century ；

[例句] 在20世纪80年代越来越多的人喜欢上了远足或是打高尔夫球。 Walking and golf increased in popularity during the 1980s.

[例句] 上世纪50年代时，劳申伯格就早早地预见到了80年代的概念艺术运动。 In the 50s, Rauschenberg anticipated the conceptual art movement of the 80s.

young，juvenility，juvenscence ；

[例句] 你信吗？他比我年轻！ And would you believe it, he's younger than me!

[例句] 生孩子是使自己不再年轻时尚的最快方法。 Having children was the quickest way to lose your street cred.

(of age) between 30 and 40，the prime of one's life，mature，summer ；

[例句] 在智力上，她正处于壮年。 She was in her intellectual prime.

[例句] 他壮年夭折. He was cut down in the prime of life.

age，years，year ；

[例句] 随着年岁的增长,他的思想僵化了, 他不接受新观点. His thinking has ossified as he's grown older; he won't accept new ideas.

[例句] 他死时年岁不大. He was cut off when he was still young.

old age，sunset，one's later [remaining] years，twilight years，senectitude ；

[例句] 她排除极大困难，最终在晚年成为了一名修女。 Finally, late in life and against considerable odds, she became a nun.

[例句] 这种观念帮她安度了晚年。 This outlook helped her to navigate through her later years with success.

annuity，pension，rente，reprise ；

[例句] 投资者们应当考虑存一些年金。 Investors should consider putting some money into an annuity.

[例句] 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴. The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures.

last year，yesteryear ；

[例句] 去年，这个集团的纯利润率为30%。 The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.

[例句] 去年11月，军队被派往这些岛屿以恢复秩序。 Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November.

age ；

[例句] 他那个年纪的年轻人需要有个单独的房间。 A young man of his years needed to have a separate room.

[例句] 这个年纪不大的孩子为此始终保持警惕。 To this end the young child is forever watchful.

childhood ；

[例句] 她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。 Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.

[例句] 童年早期的情感创伤留下了难以抚平的伤痕。 The emotional wounds of early childhood leave ineradicable scars.

[天] leap year，intercalary year，bissextile year，[电影]Leap Year；

[例句] 闰年有366天. A leap year has 366 days.

[例句] 每四年闰年一次. Leap year recurs every four years.

New Year，new year ；

[例句] 她的新年决心是要保持身材健美。 She made a New Year's resolution to get fit.

[例句] 他被列入新年受勋者名册，获授英帝国勋章。 He has been made an MBE in the New Year Honours list.

declining years，old age，evening of one's life ；

[例句] 我老了，到了生命的暮年。 I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.

[例句] 人们若为自己的暮年做安排,会使生活有目标. Planning for their old age gives people an aim in life.

a calendar with the whole year printed on one sheet，single-page calendar，calendar ；

[例句] 航海年历中有日 、 月 、 潮汐等的资料. A nautical almanac gives information about the sun, moon, tides, etc.

[例句] 恒星年不用于编制年历. The sidereal year is not used to construct a calendar.

decennium，decade ；

[例句] 结婚二十年里，他只像样地度过两次假。 In twenty years of mar-riage he has only taken two proper vacations.

[例句] 委员会的结论将十年来的否认和掩饰无情地揭开。 The commission's conclusions sweep away a decade of denials and cover-ups.