1·The number of divorces rose for the first time in seven years last year.
去年，英国离婚数量自七年以来首次上升。
2·The experiment, known as the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), completed four turbulent years last month.
这项实验性举措，被称作“对抗危地马拉逃责国际委员会”简称CICIG，在经历了四年的风风雨雨后，终于在上个月完成。
3·One was sentenced to ten years last May for racketeering; another is serving six years for fraud after a 30-year career in the state Assembly.
其中一个去年五月因为敲诈勒索被判了十年，另一个在州议会有三十年生涯的人因为诈骗而服刑六年。
4·We have campaigned against whaling for the last 15 years.
我们最近15年一直参加反对捕鲸的运动。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·It is estimated (that) the project will last four years.
据估计，这项工程将持续四年。
—— 《牛津词典》
6·That marriage won't last. I'll give them two years, at the outside.
那样的婚姻不会持久。我看他们最多不过两年。
—— 《牛津词典》
7·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。
—— 《牛津词典》
8·Something like $2 million of PAC money has flowed into his campaigns for the last 17 years.
在过去17年间，差不多200万美元的政治行动委员会资金业已注入到他的竞选活动之中。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·Working conditions have changed measurably in the last ten years.
十年来，工作环境有了明显的改变。
—— 《牛津词典》
10·The leather is supple and sturdy enough to last for years.
这种皮革质地柔软结实，足以用上好多年。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》