• n. 年；年度；歷年；年紀；一年的期間；某年級的學生

來自PIE*yer,季節(jié)，年，時間，詞源同hour,horoscope,horology,horoscope,可能來自PIE*ei,走，離開，做，詞源同ire（拉丁語，走，離開）,itinerary,由走動引申詞義時間的循環(huán)，小時，季節(jié)，年，而hour和year在本質(zhì)上都是指時間，詞義只是人為賦予的結(jié)果。

year

year: [OE] Year is part of a widespread European family of ‘time’-words that goes back ultimately to Indo-European *jēr-, *jōr-. This also produced Greek hórā ‘season’ (ultimate source of English hour), Czech jaro ‘spring’, and Avestan (the ancient Persian sacred language) yāre ‘year’. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic *j?ram, which has evolved into German jahr, Dutch jaar, Swedish ?r, Dutch aar, and English year. It has been speculated that the Indo-European forms themselves may have been derived from a base meaning ‘go’, in which case the etymological notion underlying the word would be of time proceeding.
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year (n.)

Old English gear (West Saxon), ger (Anglian) "year," from Proto-Germanic *jeram "year" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German jar, Old Norse ar, Danish aar, Old Frisian ger, Dutch jaar, German Jahr, Gothic jer "year"), from PIE *yer-o-, from root *yer- "year, season" (cognates: Avestan yare (nominative singular) "year;" Greek hora "year, season, any part of a year," also "any part of a day, hour;" Old Church Slavonic jaru, Bohemian jaro "spring;" Latin hornus "of this year;" Old Persian du?iyaram "famine," literally "bad year"). Probably originally "that which makes [a complete cycle]," and from verbal root *ei- meaning "to do, make."

1. She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.

去年，她和一個叫麥克塔維什的男人私奔了。

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2. They were knocking around together for about a year.

他們交往大概有一年了。

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3. Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.

道格拉斯29歲，是個技術(shù)不錯的拳擊手，在以前的比賽中發(fā)揮不太穩(wěn)定。

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4. China enters a new five-year plan period next year.

中國明年開始進入新一個五年計劃期。

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5. 1998 was an important year for everyone: a time of change.

1998年對所有人來說都是重要的一年：那是個變革的時期。

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