十年

ten years

decennium

decade

decennial

decennary

decenniad

十年[shínián]

-decennium:
(oftheso-calledCulturalRevolution)10-yearcatastrophe;十年动乱
ten-yeartumult[turmoil];decadeofdomesticturmoil十年内乱

真希望十年前就已经认识你。
I wish I had known you ten years ago.

任何人犯了此罪就要被判处十年徒刑。
Whoever commits the crime shall be sentenced to ten years in prison.

在过去十年里，物价一直在上涨。
Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.

我大学毕业已数十年了。
Several decades have elapsed since I graduated from the college.

他的小说十年前风靡一时。
His novels had a great vogue ten years ago.

这女巫使公主中了巫术，沉睡了十年。
The witch put the princess under a spell, and she fell asleep for ten years.

在过去十年里，医学取得了巨大的进步。
There have been great advances in medicine in the last ten years.

那本书是十年苦心钻研的成果。
The book was the result of ten years of assiduous research.