年中英惯用例句:
  • 这报告是几年工作的精华.
    The report is a brilliant condensation of several years' work.
  • 他就其年龄而言, 身体极好.
    He's in excellent condition for a man of his age.
  • 他私下告诉我他打算明年辞职.
    He told me confidentially that he's thinking of resigning next year.
  • 青少年很讲究时髦.
    Teenagers are very `fashion-conscious.
  • 我们这样的报酬还要再维持一年.
    the payments for another year.
  • 热心的观众从世界各地涌到勒芒市观看一年一度的汽车比赛.
    Le Mans for the annual car race.
  • 版权在作者死後50年即行终止.
    Copyright expires 50 years after the death of the author.
  • 我们已（互相）通信多年了, 可是我从未见过他本人.
    for years but I've never actually met him.
  • 使用一辆汽车每年（他们）要花1000英镑.
    1000 a year to run a car.
  • 两人恋爱已有一年之久.
    The two have been courting for a year.
  • 我立约承诺每年捐款100英镑.
    that I'll pay 100 a year.
  • 该公司几乎入不敷出, 已经多年没有盈利了.
    costs; it hasn't made a profit for years.
  • 我们少了一些有经验的运动员, 然而事情也有好的一面, 有些年轻的生力军加入了本队.
    there are some useful young ones coming into the team.
  • 今年豆子丰收.
    The beans cropped well this year.
  • 她於1952年继（王）位.
    in 1952.
  • 当地的铁路运输在1958年中断了.
    discontinued in 1958.
  • 要修好新高速公路, 那得等到猴年马月了. talk the hind legs off a donkey => talk2.
    The new motorway won't be ready for donkey's years.
  • 这家公司成立於1860年.
    This business was established in 1860.
  • 他从前几年的报税数字推算出自己应缴的所得税数额. =>illus at chart见chart之插图.
    He estimated his income tax bill by extrapolation from figures submitted in previous years.
  • 我们很少有人能活到2050年.
    Few of us will still be alive in the year 2050.
  • 该居民点建立於1592年.
    This settlement was founded in 1592.
  • 我们从1960年到1973年住在苏格兰.
    We lived in Scotland from 1960 to 1973.
  • 我们俩都是1939年入伍的.
    We both joined up in 1939.
  • 他当了十年的海员. nail one's colours to the mast => nail v.
    He spent ten years before the mast.
  • 海军今年要装备新一级的军舰. =>App 9 见附录9.
    are introducing a new class of warship this year.
  • 他年轻时即已恶贯满盈. win/lose by a `neck (in horse-racing, etc) win/lose by a small margin （赛马等中的）稍胜[负], 小赢[输]. wring sb's neck => wring.
    Even as a young man he was up to his neck in crime.
  • 印度於1947年分裂.
    India was partitioned in 1947.
  • 不少老年人都独自生活. =>Usage at man1 用法见man1.
    Many old people live alone.
  • 美国人於1969年把人送上了月球.
    The Americans put a man on the moon in 1969.
  • 全年的温度较差为-10C至40C.
    The annual range of temperature is from -10C to 40C.
  • 里根於1980年再次竞选（总统）.
    a second time in 1980.
  • 我今年赔了很多钱, 只好关门了. with one's eyes shut/closed =>eye1.
    I've lost so much money this year that I'm being forced to shut up shop.