annual
annual — 形容詞
1. taking place one time each year, usually on a regular schedule.
一年一度的
每年固定發生一次的
taking place one time each year, usually on a regular schedule.
Our village holds an annual flower festival every May.
我們村每年五月都會舉辦一年一度的花卉節。
annual + event noun (festival)
The school's annual sports day attracts hundreds of parents.
學校一年一度的運動會吸引上百位家長參加。
annual + recurring event
Zane dreads his annual visit to the dentist.
Zane 很怕一年一度的看牙之行。
The company holds an annual meeting in March to review results.
公司每年三月會召開一年一度的會議來檢視成果。
Each summer the museum hosts an annual writing contest for teenagers.
博物館每年夏天都會舉辦一年一度的青少年寫作比賽。
- yearly
near-identical meaning, slightly more everyday
- once-a-year
informal, hyphenated when before a noun
文法句型
annual + noun
用法筆記
Almost always sits directly before the noun it describes; rarely used after a linking verb. Distinguish from sense 2: sense 1 stresses the once-a-year rhythm of an event, while sense 2 covers totals or figures spanning a whole year.
常見錯誤
2. measured across or covering a full twelve-month period, often used with totals s
年度的
涵蓋整個年度、以一年為計算單位的
measured across or covering a full twelve-month period, often used with totals such as income, costs, or rainfall.
Kenji's annual salary as a junior nurse is about thirty-six thousand pounds.
Kenji 當基層護士的年度薪資大約三萬六千英鎊。
annual salary (yearly total)
Kenya's annual rainfall has dropped sharply over the last decade, worrying local farmers.
肯亞的全年降雨量在過去十年急遽下滑，讓當地農夫憂心忡忡。
annual rainfall (yearly amount)
My uncle's bakery must file an annual tax return by the end of January.
我叔叔的麵包店必須在一月底前申報年度稅單。
Citlali's annual budget for travel is just under two thousand dollars.
Citlali 一整年的旅遊預算不到兩千美元。
The Toyota factory in Nagoya saw its annual output reach a record high last year.
名古屋的豐田工廠去年的全年產量創下歷史新高。
文法句型
annual + noun (figure or period)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a measurable total: salary, income, rainfall, output, budget, fee. Distinguish from sense 1: 'an annual concert' (event repeated yearly) vs 'annual concert revenue' (money summed over a year).
常見錯誤
3. describing a plant that grows from seed, flowers, sets new seed, and dies all wi
一年生的
在一個生長季內完成生命週期的（植物）
describing a plant that grows from seed, flowers, sets new seed, and dies all within a single year or growing season.
Sunflowers are annual plants that finish their whole cycle by autumn.
向日葵屬於一年生植物，到了秋天就完成整個生命週期。
annual plants (botany sense)
Renata filled the garden bed with cheap annual flowers from the market.
Renata 在花圃裡種滿了從市場買來的便宜一年生花卉。
annual flowers (botany)
Most vegetables in our school garden are annual crops, replanted every spring.
我們學校菜園裡多數蔬菜都是一年生作物，每年春天都要重種。
Many wild poppies are annual species and need fresh seed each year.
許多野生罌粟屬於一年生植物，每年都需要新的種子。
- one-season
informal description of the same life cycle
文法句型
annual + plant noun
用法筆記
Mainly used in gardening and biology; contrasts with 'perennial' (lives for many years) and 'biennial' (two-year cycle). Common before nouns like plant, flower, crop, species, weed.
常見錯誤
annual — 名詞
1. a magazine or hardback book that is brought out only once a year, often aimed at
年刊
每年出版一次、內容更新的書或雜誌
a magazine or hardback book that is brought out only once a year, often aimed at children, keeping the same title each time but with fresh stories or articles inside.
Every Christmas, my niece asks for the latest football annual.
每年聖誕節，我姪女都會指定要最新的足球年刊。
noun phrase: football annual
The bookshop window was full of bright cartoon annuals for the holidays.
書店櫥窗擺滿了過節用的繽紛卡通年刊。
plural form: annuals on sale
Kofi still keeps a shelf of Beano annuals he was given each Christmas as a boy.
Kofi 到現在還留著一整排小時候每年聖誕節收到的 Beano 漫畫年刊。
The publisher releases a popular gardening annual each November.
出版社每年十一月都會推出一本熱門的園藝年刊。
文法句型
a + annual
用法筆記
Usually appears with a topic word in front: football annual, cartoon annual, gardening annual. Most common in British English and especially around the Christmas gift season.
常見錯誤
2. a book published once a year that records the students, staff, events, and achie
畢業紀念冊
記錄學校或組織該年人事活動的年刊
a book published once a year that records the students, staff, events, and achievements of a school or organisation during that year.
Tom flipped through his old high-school annual and laughed at his haircut.
Tom 翻著高中畢業紀念冊，被自己當年的髮型逗笑。
school annual (= yearbook)
Every senior at Lincoln High signs the class annual before graduation.
林肯高中每位高三生在畢業前都會在班級紀念冊上簽名。
class annual ritual
The Lincoln High library keeps every class annual on a long oak shelf, starting from 1962.
林肯高中圖書館用一張長長的橡木層架，保存著從 1962 年起的每一本班級紀念冊。
Maria found her grandmother's photo in the 1955 college annual.
Maria 在 1955 年的大學畢業紀念冊裡找到了奶奶的照片。
- yearbook
the standard American word; 'annual' is a slightly older synonym
文法句型
a + annual
用法筆記
More common in American English than sense 1, and almost always tied to a school or college. Distinguish from sense 1: a 'football annual' is a commercial publication; a 'school annual' records one institution's year.
常見錯誤
3. a single plant of a one-season type, especially one bought or grown for a garden
一年生植物
在一個生長季內完成整個生命的植物
a single plant of a one-season type, especially one bought or grown for a garden display, that must be replanted from seed each year.
Marigolds and zinnias are annuals that brighten the border each summer.
萬壽菊和百日草都是一年生植物，每年夏天為花圃增添色彩。
list of annuals (named plants)
Mrs Patel plants new annuals along her front path every April.
Patel 太太每年四月都會沿著前門小徑種上新的一年生植物。
plural noun: annuals replanted yearly
Many annuals drop thousands of seeds before the first frost arrives.
許多一年生植物會在初霜來臨之前撒下成千上萬的種子。
Garden centres sell trays of cheerful annuals from late spring onwards.
從春末開始，園藝中心就會販售一盤盤色彩繽紛的一年生植物。
- annual plant
fuller form, used when context is unclear
文法句型
a + annual
用法筆記
Often appears in plural ('annuals') in gardening contexts. Contrast with 'perennials' (multi-year plants) and 'biennials' (two-year plants); these three labels group plants by life span.