a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event 周年纪念日 on the anniversary of his wife’s death 在他妻子去世的周年忌日 to celebrate your wedding anniversary 庆祝结婚纪念日 the theatre’s 25th anniversary celebrations 剧院 25 周年庆祝活动 The company is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. 该公司今年庆祝成立100周年。 Public events will be held to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Second World War. 将举行公共活动纪念第二次世界大战结束一周年。 They held celebrations to mark the anniversary of Mozart's death. 他们为莫扎特逝世举办周年纪念活动。 a yearlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of his company 为期一年的公司25周年庆典 The context was the occasion of the 450th anniversary of his birth. 背景是他出生450周年。
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorce 结婚和离婚 Romance 恋爱 - fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
(疯狂地/深深地/无可救药地)爱上/爱着(某人) - be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
是/相信一见钟情;一见钟情 - be/find true love/the love of your life
是/找到真爱/一生的爱 - suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
受单相思之苦 - have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
对某人/某事有着/表示出强烈的/深深的/真挚的爱慕之情 - meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
与丈夫/妻子/伴侣/未婚夫/未婚妻/男朋友/女朋友结识/结婚 - have/go on a (blind) date
有个/去约会/相亲 - be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
与一个小伙子/女生/男生/男人/女人在谈恋爱 - move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
与男朋友/女朋友/伴侣同居
Weddings 婚礼 - get/be engaged/married/divorced
订婚;结婚;离婚 - arrange/plan a wedding
安排婚礼 - have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
举行隆重的婚礼;度蜜月;婚姻幸福 - have/enter into an arranged marriage
有一个/走入包办婚姻 - call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
取消/推迟婚礼 - invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
邀请某人出席/参加婚礼/结婚典礼/结婚喜宴 - conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
举行结婚典礼 - exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
交换戒指;互致结婚誓言 - congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
祝贺这对幸福的新人;为这对幸福的伉俪干杯 - be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
(与妻子/丈夫)在/去度蜜月 - celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
庆祝第一个(结婚)纪念日
Separation and divorce 分居和离婚 - be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
对丈夫/妻子/伴侣/未婚夫/未婚妻/男朋友/女朋友不忠 - have an affair (with somebody)
(和某人)有暧昧关系 - break off/end an engagement/a relationship
解除/终止婚约/恋爱关系 - break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
与男友/女友分手;甩掉男友/女友 - separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
和丈夫/妻子分居;离弃丈夫/妻子;与丈夫/妻子离婚 - annul/dissolve a marriage
宣布婚姻无效;解除婚姻关系 - apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
申请/要求/办理离婚;离婚 - get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
获得/被判予/拥有/失去对孩子的监护权 - pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
(向前妻/前夫)支付生活费/子女抚养费
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb2, Religion and festivalsb2He bought her a diamond ring on their tenth wedding anniversary. 他们结婚 10 周年纪念时,他给她买了一枚钻戒。 Our 20th anniversary is coming up. 我们的 20 周年纪念日就要到了。 The anniversary of the founding of the charity falls in November. 该慈善机构成立的周年纪念日在 11 月。 the 100th anniversary edition of this classic novel 这本经典小说问世的 100 周年纪念版
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- second
- etc.
- …
- celebrate
- commemorate
- honour/honor
- …
- be
- fall
- approach
- …
- celebration
- party
- edition
- …
- anniversary of
- on an/the anniversary
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin anniversarius ‘returning yearly’, from annus ‘year’ + versus ‘turning’.