| 单词 | 二十年 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔GET RID OF〕Aid organisations are trying to free the country of the ravages of two decades of civil war. 救援组织正试图把该国从二十年内战的蹂躏中解救出来。朗文写作活用〔NORMAL/ORDINARY〕There is concern that twenty years from now, the average American won't be able to afford to send his or her children to college. 有人担心，二十年以后，普通的美国人可能会没有能力送自己的子女上大学。朗文写作活用〔PREDICT〕I cannot envisage what the circumstances will be in twenty years’ time. 我无法想象二十年后的情形会是什么样。朗文写作活用〔REGULAR/REGULARLY〕The disease progressed in fits and starts for at least two decades. 这种疾病断断续续地持续了至少二十年。朗文写作活用〔THINK〕After almost two decades of mulling it over in his mind, Sayles finally made his Texas movie. 经过差不多二十年时间的构思，塞尔斯终于拍成了他的得克萨斯风格的电影。朗文写作活用〔board〕He came on board in the late Sixties and spent two decades with the agency.他于六十年代末加入，在这个机构里干了二十年。朗文当代〔build〕Ross took twenty years to build up his business.罗斯花了二十年的时间创业。朗文当代〔churn〕She's been churning out novels for twenty years.二十年来她写了很多粗制滥造的小说。朗文当代〔commute〕Baldry's 20-year prison sentence was commuted to three years.鲍德里二十年的刑期被减至三年。朗文当代〔decade〕There have been a lot of changes during/in/over the past two decades.过去二十年中发生了许多变化。韦氏高阶〔disuse〕The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.这家工厂二十年前就废弃了。牛津高阶〔fall〕The president lived on for twenty years after his fall from power.那位总统下台后活了二十年。朗文当代〔far〕There are a far greater number of women working in television than twenty years ago.从事电视工作的女性远远多于二十年前。朗文当代〔feel〕After twenty years, seeing him again felt very strange.二十年后再见到他有种很不自在的感觉。朗文当代〔force〕He joined the force twenty years ago.他二十年前加入了警队。牛津高阶〔freedom〕He finally won his freedom after twenty years in jail.他蹲了二十年监狱以后终于获得了自由。牛津高阶〔friend〕I've been friends with the Murkets for twenty years.我和穆尔克特一家人做了二十年的朋友。朗文当代〔gap〕They met again after a gap of twenty years.他们阔别二十年后又见面了。牛津高阶〔go through〕In the next twenty years it went through fourteen editions.在后来的二十年里，该书再版了十四次。21世纪英汉〔go-to〕For 20 years, Wild Mountain was the go-to store for outdoor enthusiasts.二十年来，野山是户外活动爱好者的必去之地。剑桥高阶〔go〕Dave and I go back twenty years.我和戴夫相识有二十年了。牛津高阶〔hold〕Twenty years on, his advice still holds good.经过了二十年，他的建议依然适用。朗文当代〔hyperbole〕It was not hyperbole to call it the worst storm in twenty years.称它是二十年来最大的风暴并不为过。朗文当代〔intervene〕Twenty years intervened between their first and last meetings.他们从第一次见面到上一次见面，中间隔了二十年。韦氏高阶〔know〕I've known her for twenty years.我认识她有二十年了。朗文当代〔languish〕He languished in jail for twenty years.他在监狱里苦苦熬了二十年。外研社新世纪〔lifespan〕Most boilers have a lifespan of 15 to 20 years.大多数家用热水器的使用期限为十五至二十年。外研社新世纪〔marriage〕In twenty years of marriage he has only taken two proper vacations.结婚二十年里，他只像样地度过两次假。柯林斯高阶〔maximum〕Twenty years is the maximum.二十年是最长年限。韦氏高阶〔merchant navy〕He spent twenty years in the Merchant Navy.他在商船上工作了二十年。剑桥高阶〔mystery〕Twenty years after the event, his death remains a mystery .事情过去二十年了，他的死仍然是个谜。朗文当代〔near〕We've been here twenty years, near enough.我们在这里待了差不多二十年了。牛津高阶〔news〕Twenty years ago environmental issues rarely made the news (=were considered important enough to be in the news) .二十年前，环境问题很少被传媒报道。朗文当代〔outlive〕She outlived her husband by twenty years.她比她丈夫多活了二十年。朗文当代〔policing〕In the last twenty years the industry has had no oversight or policing.在过去的二十年里对该行业没有监管。朗文当代〔same〕We have lived in the same house for twenty years.我们在同一座房子里住了二十年了。牛津高阶〔since〕It's twenty years since I've seen her.我已经二十年没见她了。牛津高阶〔smoulder〕His hatred for his brother still smoulders after twenty years.他对兄弟的仇恨二十年后依旧郁积于心。外研社新世纪〔societal〕The societal changes that have taken place over the last two decades are many and varied.过去二十年间发生了多种不同的社会变革。外研社新世纪〔term〕Under the terms of the agreement, the debt would be repaid over 20 years.根据协议条款，这笔债务将于二十年内还清。朗文当代〔twenty〕In the twenties the business expanded.二十年代，生意扩展了。朗文当代〔twenty〕The photograph was taken in the late twenties.照片是在二十年代晚期照的。朗文当代After living in South Africa for 20 years, he had gone completely native. 他在南非住了二十年，已完全适应当地人的生活方式。译典通After twenty years of marriage they're still mad about each other.结婚二十年后他们依然深爱对方。剑桥国际After twenty years, the case has finally been cleared (=there are no longer doubts about it).二十年后，这起案子终于真相大白了。剑桥国际Cheque-card fraud is at its highest level since cards were introduced 20 years ago.自信用卡投入使用二十年来，支票保付限额卡诈骗行为现达到巅峰状态。剑桥国际Don worked in Boston in the twenties. 二十年代唐在波士顿工作。译典通He has been languishing in jail for the past twenty years.过去的二十年里他一直在监狱忍受折磨。剑桥国际He has engaged in farming for 20 years. 他从事农作已有二十年。译典通Henry Ford II's greatest ambition was always to recapture the supremacy (= leading position) over General Motors which Ford had lost during the 1920s.亨利·福特第二的最大抱负就是从通用汽车公司手上夺回福特公司在本世纪二十年代失去的霸主地位。剑桥国际Jamaica has been a favourite haunt of Americans and Canadians for the last 20 years.牙买加是近二十年来美国人和加拿大人常爱去的地方。剑桥国际Many high-rise apartments appeared in the city over the last twenty years. 过去的二十年之中，这座城市出现了许多高层公寓。译典通Our company has been going (= has been in business) for twenty years.我们的公司已经营了二十年。剑桥国际She is a seasoned campaigner for human rights, which she has been involved with for twenty years.她是一个有经验的人权运动支持者，她在这个领域奋斗了二十年。剑桥国际She outlived her husband by twenty years. 她比她丈夫多活了二十年。译典通She stabbed her husband to death after suffering twenty years of mistreatment from him.她在受她丈夫二十年的虐待之后刺死了她的丈夫。剑桥国际She survived her husband by twenty years. 她丈夫去世后她又活了二十年。译典通She's been head of this school for 20 years, and it's time she moved aside/over to make room for a younger person (= gave up her job so that a younger person can have it).她在这学校当了二十年校长，现在该退休，把职位让给年轻人了。剑桥国际She's had the same scuffed old handbag for twenty years.二十年来她一直用着这同一只旧的磨损的手提包。剑桥国际The classical economics of Adam Smith were challenged in the 1920's by Keynes.亚当·斯密的古典经济学在二十世纪二十年代受到凯恩斯的质疑。剑桥国际The company came into existence 20 years ago. 这家公司成立于二十年前。译典通The farmer pointed at the abode that he had lived in twenty years. 这个农民指著他曾经住过二十年的泥砖房屋。译典通The orchestra ground out the same tunes it has been playing for twenty years.管弦乐队单调乏味地演奏着它奏了二十年的同样的曲子。剑桥国际The queen ruled her country for 20 years. 这位女王统治了她的国家二十年。译典通The river has narrowed down over the past 20 years. 这条河在过去的二十年变窄了许多。译典通The twenties and sixties are often regarded as the most emancipated decades, when women got the vote and the pill respectively.二十年代和六十年代常被认为是最解放的年代，当时妇女分别获得选举权和服用避孕药的权利。剑桥国际Thursday night's concert was her first for twenty years, so there were plenty of misty eyes among the audience.星期四晚上的音乐会是她二十年来的第一次，所以观众中不乏泪眼朦胧者。剑桥国际Twenty years ago my brothers and sisters all had to wear hand-me-downs. 二十年前我们兄弟姊妹都必须穿旧衣服。译典通Twenty years later, the sunken warship was finally found. 二十年后，这条沉没的军舰终于被找到了。译典通When the business went bankrupt, twenty years of hard work went up in smoke.当这家企业破产时,它二十年来的苦心经营化为乌有。剑桥国际Young women in the 1920s often wore feather boas.二十世纪二十年代的年轻妇女经常戴羽毛长围巾。剑桥国际 |
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