adj(1)一年一度的，周年的(happening，appearing or done，etc once every year，esp on or about the same date)[通常attrib]：The flower-show is an～event. 这花展是一年一度的盛事。an～visit/address/celebration/holiday/show一年一度的访问/讲话/庆典/假日/展览;an～report/meeting/conference/ring年度报告/年会/年会/年轮;an～enrolment in schools 学校一年一度的招生;

(2)按年计划的(calculated over a period of year)[通常作attrib]：an～salary/production/farm output/rainfall/subscription年薪/年产量/农业年产量/年降雨量/一年一度的捐助金;an～income of thirty thousand dollars 三万美元的年收入;the～death rate/turnover of merchandise 年死亡率/商品年销售量;

(3)持续一年的，一年内完成的(lasting or performed for one year)[通常作attrib]：the～course of the sun 太阳一年的行程;

→′annually adv 一年一度地;an′nuity n 养老(保险)年金;

n(1)一年(季)生植物(plant that grows and dies within one year or season)[C];

(2)年刊(报，鉴)(book or magazine of which a new edition is produced each year)[C]：Many children's～s are published near Christmas.许多儿童年刊在圣诞节前夕出版。