years ♦︎ months ♦︎ hours ♦︎ ages ♦︎ an eternity ♦︎ aeonThese are all words for a long time.这些词均表示很长时间。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆for years / months / hours / ages / an eternity / aeons◆years / months / hours / ages / an eternity / aeons ago◆to spend / take / wait years / months / hours / ages / an eternity◆years / months / hours elapse / go by / pass■years [plural] (informal) a long time, especially a period of several years数年;很长时间◆It's been years since we last met.我们多年没有见面了。◆They haven't seen each other for years.他们已多年没有见面了。◆That's the best movie I've seen in years.那是我多年来看过的最好的电影。■months [plural] a long time, especially a period of several months数月;很长时间◆He had to wait for months for the visas to come through.他不得不等好几个月才领到签证。◆It will be months before we get the results.我们要等很长时间才能得到结果。■hours [plural] a long time, especially a period of several hours数小时;很长时间◆I've been waiting for hours.我等了好久了。■ages [plural] (especially BrE) (BrE alsoan age [singular]) (informal) a long time很长时间◆I waited for ages.我等了好长时间。◆'How long have you been here?' 'Ages.'“你在这儿多久了?”“老半天了。”◆It's been an age since we've seen them.我们有好些日子没见到他们了。■an eternity [singular] (informal) a period of time that seems to be very long or to never end(似乎)无穷无尽的一段时间◆After what seemed like an eternity the nurse returned with the results of the test.过了漫长的一段时间后护士才拿着检验结果回来。■aeon (BrE) ( eon, especially in NAmE) ˈiːən [countable] (formal) an extremely long period of time; thousands of years极漫长的时期;千万年◆These hills have been worn down over aeons of geological time.这些山丘经过漫长的地质时期已经侵蚀得很厉害。◆Only yesterday-and it seemed eons ago, not just a few hours-he had been a happily married man.昨天他还是个婚姻美满的人,但那好像是上辈子的事了,而不是才过去几小时。
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