twelvemonth

twelvemonth

1. a year; (Br.) a twelvemonth

一年

2. They will wait a twelvemonth, and finding no good comes of it.

他们会等待一年，然后发现没有好的转机。

3. But the big ex-dragoon had survived his affliction by a twelvemonth, and hard as it may be to have to tell it, he did not look much the worse for it.

但这位大个儿退伍龙骑兵熬过了十二个月的痛苦，尽管说起来一言难尽，他看上去倒并不因此更加糟糕。

4. Suppose I stole away from my darling, leaving her safe under her father's roof, and went and made a fortune in the new world, and came back in a twelvemonth to throw it into her lap;

假定我偷偷地离开我的心肝宝贝，把她安全地留在她父亲的屋顶下，而我自己则出国，到那新世界里去发一笔大财，在十二个月后回来，把财产投在她的衣兜里；

5. The subject which had been so warmly canvassed between their parents, about a twelvemonth ago, was now brought forward again.

大约在一年以前，父母曾经热烈地争论过这个问题，如今又要旧事重提了。

6. The subject which had been so warmly canvassed between their parents， about a twelvemonth ago， was now brought forward again.

大约在一年以前，父母曾经热烈地争论过这个问题，如今又要旧事重提了。班纳特太太又对她丈夫说：

7. In the beginning, Aleck had given the coal speculation a twelvemonth in which to materialize, and had been loath to grant that this term might possibly be shortened by nine months.

开始时，艾莱柯把投资煤矿的收益期定为十二个月，她对这个期限也许会缩短为九个月的问题不予考虑。

8. 1. and if she were married to him to-morrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth.

我以为即使她明天就跟他结婚，她必能获得的幸福，比起她花上一年的时间，研究了他的性格、再去跟他结婚所能获得的幸福，并不见得会少到哪里去。

9. and if she were married to him to-morrow， I should think she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth.

我以为即使她明天就跟他结婚，她秘能获得的幸福，比起她花上一年的时间，研究了他的性格、再去跟他结婚所能获得的幸福，并不见得会少到哪里去。

10. I've been here just over a twelvemonth.

我在这里待了刚刚十二个月多一点。

11. I have been looking forward to his visit for a twelvemonth.

我期待他的来访已有一年了。

12. It w now a twelvemonth since the funeral procession of the venerable clergymen, its last inhabitant, had turned from that gateway towards the village burying-ground.

旧宅的故主是位德高望重的牧师，现已不在人世，一年前，他的灵柩从园门里迁出，移向村中的公墓，也有不少人执绋随行。

13. The promised letter of thanks from Mr.Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed to their father,written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelvemonth's abode in the family might have prompted.

柯林斯先生事先答应写来的那封谢函星期二就收到了，信是写给她们父亲的，信上说了多少感激的话，看他那种过甚其辞的语气，就好象在他们府上叨光了一年似的。

14. Bingley and Jane remained at Netherfield only a twelvemonth.

虽说他的脾气非常随和，她的性情亦极其温柔，可是夫妇俩都不大愿意和她母亲以及麦里屯的亲友们住得太近。

15. Mrs. Dashwood took the house for a twelvemonth; it was ready furnished, and she might have immediate possession.

这座房子，达什伍德太太租用一年，里面陈设齐全，她马上就可以住进去。