Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #3440
anniversary
周年纪念日
核心释义
The date on which an important event happened in a previous year, or the celebration of that date.
- 1.
自某重大事件发生起整年数的那一天,常以序数词表示年数。
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
- 2.
过去某一事件发生的周年纪念日(或其庆祝活动)
the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
- 3.
自某事件发生后经过非整年重要时段的那一天(尤指以该时段长度前缀)。
A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
纪念日；自某重大事件发生起整年数的那一天,常以序数词表示年数。；过去某一事件发生的周年纪念日(或其庆祝活动)；自某事件发生后经过非整年重要时段的那一天(尤指以该时段长度前缀)。；周年纪念
用法In use
We celebrated our wedding anniversary with a dinner at a fancy restaurant.
用法提示：anniversary作名词，表示"结婚纪念日"，在句中作宾语。
The company held a party to mark the tenth anniversary of its founding.
用法提示：anniversary作名词，表示"周年纪念日"，在句中作宾语的组成部分。
Every year on the anniversary of their first date, they exchange small gifts.
用法提示：anniversary作名词，表示"纪念日"，在句中作介词on的宾语。
the anniversary of something
表示具体事件的周年纪念，后接事件名词。
They are planning a party for the anniversary of their wedding.
他们正在为结婚周年纪念日筹划派对。
celebrate the anniversary
动词搭配，表示庆祝周年纪念。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- wedding anniversary
- 结婚周年纪念日
- They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a big party.他们举办了一个盛大的派对来庆祝结婚25周年纪念日。
- anniversary celebration
- 周年庆祝活动
- The company held an anniversary celebration for its employees.公司为员工举办了一次周年庆祝活动。
- first anniversary
- 一周年纪念
- Today marks the first anniversary of their store's opening.今天是他们商店开业一周年纪念日。
- anniversary date
- 纪念日日期
- Please remind me of our anniversary date next month.请下个月提醒我我们的纪念日日期。
- anniversary gift
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象每年（annual）的这一天都写诗（verse）纪念，所以是'anniversary'。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：结婚纪念日、公司成立周年、恋爱纪念日 anniversary 多用于个人或组织庆祝重要日期，语域中性，日常和正式场合均适用。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与介词of连用，表示‘...周年纪念’
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending -ary. Anniversary's unstressed -ary sounds similar to these, but its stress falls on the third syllable (ver), while most of these are stressed earlier. Examples like dictionary and primary have the same suffix pronunciation /-er.i/ or /-əri/ as anniversary.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.