单词 | annually |
释义 | annually (once / 473 pages) adv Something that happens annually occurs once a year, every year. If you vacation at the beach annually, you do it every summer. Many people send holiday cards annually, mailing stacks of them every December, and everyone celebrates a birthday annually. If your work performance is reviewed annually, your boss might consider giving you a raise each year. The adverb annually comes from the adjective annual, which is rooted in the Late Latin annualis, based on annus, or "year." WORD FAMILYannual: annually, annuals, biannual, semiannual+/biannual: biannually/semiannual: semiannually USAGE EXAMPLESApple annually publishes a list of its top suppliers, a rare move in an industry that prefers to keep supply details secret. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The global trade, thought to be worth around $10 billion annually, is run by international criminal syndicates, sometimes with help from African rebel groups. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The federal government does not comprehensively record how many people are killed by police annually and depends on voluntary reporting from police departments. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adv by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) Syn each year, p.a., per annum, per year 2adv without missing a year they travel to China annually Syn each year, every year, yearly |
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