Five years

The prospect of studying for another five years was distinctly unappealing.

未来还需要再学五年，真是让人厌烦。

If she spent five years in Paris, how come her French is so bad?

既然她在巴黎待了五年，她的法语怎么还会这样糟糕？

They have promised to pay the arrears over the next five years.

他们保证在随后的5年内偿付逾期债款。

We perused the company's financial statements for the past five years.

我们翻阅了公司过去5年来的财务报表。

The five years at that school passed fairly uneventfully.

在那所学校的5年过得颇为平静。

He was sent to prison for five years.

他被关押了五年。

He spent five years in Paris, with occasional visits to Italy.

他在巴黎度过了五年，偶尔去意大利看看。

During those five years, the pound depreciated by a quarter.

在那5年里，英镑贬值了25%。

In Petersburg, 30 patrolmen have died violently in the past five years.

在彼得斯堡，过去5年中有30名巡警死于暴力事件。

It took five years to drill down to bedrock.

耗时五年才钻到了基岩。

After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel restless.

这份工作干了五年以后，他开始厌烦了。

The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.

这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。

He had closed his account with the bank five years earlier.

早在5年前他就在这家银行销户了。

The bank depreciates PCs over a period of five years.

这家银行把个人计算机分五年折旧。

He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.

他被指控为英国间谍，入狱关押了5年。

In the last five years he's undergone a personal transformation.

过去5年里他整个人发生了全新的转变。

She has lived alone in this house for almost five years now.

她已在这所房子里独自住了近5年。

Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?

建筑师是否应该继续接受5年的公费培训呢？

The judge sentenced him to five years in prison.

法官判他五年监禁。

Five years later she regrets having given up her home.

5年后她对当初放弃自己的家感到后悔。

He spent five years in prison for his opposition to the regime.

他因为反对那个政权而过了五年的铁窗生活。

After five years, he decided to jack it all in.

五年后，他就决定完全放弃了。

She was dumped by her long-term lover after five years.

5年后她被相恋多年的恋人抛弃了。

Sales have quadrupled in the last five years.

过去五年中，销售额已增长至以前的四倍。

The next scene takes the story forward five years.

下一个场面是描述故事中五年后的情况。

After five years in retirement, he staged a comeback to international tennis.

退役五年之后，他又复出国际网坛。

His wife, unhappily, died five years ago.

他的妻子不幸于五年前去世了。

His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.

他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。

five years of steady economic growth

经济持续五年的发展

Len tied the knot with Kate five years ago.

莱恩5年前和凯特结婚了。