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light year


'light year
n[C]
the distance that light travels in one year, about 9,460,000,000,000 kilometres, used for measuring distances between stars
 a star 3,000 light years from earth
light years ahead/better etc than sthinformal
much more advanced, much better etc than someone or something else
 The Japanese company is light years ahead of its European competitors.
light years agoinformal
a very long time ago
 It all seems light years ago now.
1. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead.
    第二天一清早,她看见前面有灯光.

2. Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
    甚至表面看来微不足道的遗物,也能使人类早期历史有趣地展现出来。

3. Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
    即使看起来微不足道的遗物,也可能揭示人类早期历史的一些有趣的内容。

4. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead.
    第二天凌晨,她看到前方有灯光,

5. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour----everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.
    人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 -- 人人,就是说,除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。

6. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
    每年的花园竞赛我也参加,但总因是镇上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖!

7. Eight patients have survived for over five years, and 70 per cent of all Shumway´s transplant cases live for over a year.
    8位病人手术后活了五年多。百分之七十的接受萨姆威治疗的病人存活时间超过一年。

8. Each evening Humboldt and Bonpland made up their journals, writing sometimes for two hours by the light of the fires.
    每天晚上,洪堡和庞普朗都记日志,有时就着篝火的光亮要写上两个小时。

9. Every year the United States is host to an average of 78,000 foreign high school level students, of which 3,000 are Brazilian.
    美国平均每年要接待78,000名中学学历程度的外国学生,其中3,000个来自巴西。

10. Every year, on Independence Day, our Prime Minister Nehru spoke of the benefits of science and technology.
    每年的独立日,我们的总理尼赫鲁都要讲一讲科学技术的好处。

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