年来

• You may have passed him on the street a hundred times during the twenty-five years .
  25年来你可能在大街上遇到他成百次。
• Ships were the main form of transportation in world trade for thousands of years .
  船舶是几千年来世界贸易的主要运输工具。
• For years, dorian gray could not free himself from the influence of this book .
  好多年来，道林格雷没能摆脱那本书的影响。
• I have been working at the book by fits and starts during the past five or six years .
  近五六年来我一直断断续续地写这本书。
• That phrase had stuck in her mind all these years, and still rankled .
  这些年来，这句话一直萦绕在她的脑子里，仍然使她心痛。
• He had been coming and going, for the past year, so comfortably and irresponsibly .
  一年来，他随心所欲，无所顾忌地进进出出。
• For years, scientists have debated the potential impact of oil spills .
  多少年来，科学家们就一直在探讨石油溢漏可能造成的影响。
• For decades farmers had been fighting for government grants of free land .
  几十年来，农民们一直为获得政府的无偿土地补助而斗争着。
• For several years the united states had been staving off the entry of beijing into the un .
  好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。