years ♦︎ months ♦︎ hours ♦︎ ages ♦︎ an eternity ♦︎ aeonThese are all words for a long time.這些詞均表示很長時間。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數年;很長時間◆It's been years since we last met.我們多年沒有見面了。◆They haven't seen each other for years.他們已多年沒有見面了。◆That's the best movie I've seen in years.那是我多年來看過的最好的電影。■months [plural] a long time, especially a period of several months數月;很長時間◆He had to wait for months for the visas to come through.他不得不等好幾個月才領到簽證。◆It will be months before we get the results.我們要等很長時間才能得到結果。■hours [plural] a long time, especially a period of several hours數小時;很長時間◆I've been waiting for hours.我等了好久了。■ages [plural] (especially BrE) (BrE alsoan age [singular]) (informal) a long time很長時間◆I waited for ages.我等了好長時間。◆'How long have you been here?' 'Ages.'“你在這兒多久了?”“老半天了。”◆It's been an age since we've seen them.我們有好些日子沒見到他們了。■an eternity [singular] (informal) a period of time that seems to be very long or to never end(似乎)無窮無盡的一段時間◆After what seemed like an eternity the nurse returned with the results of the test.過了漫長的一段時間後護士才拿着檢驗結果回來。■aeon (BrE) ( eon, especially in NAmE) ˈiːən [countable] (formal) an extremely long period of time; thousands of years極漫長的時期;千萬年◆These hills have been worn down over aeons of geological time.這些山丘經過漫長的地質時期已經侵蝕得很厲害。◆Only yesterday-and it seemed eons ago, not just a few hours-he had been a happily married man.昨天他還是個婚姻美滿的人,但那好像是上輩子的事了,而不是才過去幾小時。
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