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birthday noun
⇨ birthdaybirthday noun birthday ♦︎ anniversary ♦︎ commemoration ♦︎ jubileeThese are all words for a time when you remember sth that happened a year or a number of years ago. 这些词均表示纪念日。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a first / second / fiftieth birthday / anniversary◆a silver / golden / diamond anniversary / jubilee◆it is sb / sth's birthday / anniversary / jubilee◆to have a birthday / an anniversary◆to celebrate / mark a birthday / an anniversary / a jubilee◆to forget / remember sb's birthday / anniversary◆a birthday / an anniversary party / present / card◆Happy Birthday / Anniversary!■ birthday [countable] the day in each year which is the same date as the one on which you were born 生日◆My birthday is in August.我的生日在8月。◆It's Sam's birthday tomorrow. He'll be seven.明天是萨姆的生日。他就要满七岁了。◆Would you like a piece of birthday cake?你要吃一块生日蛋糕吗？■ anniversary [countable] a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event 周年纪念日◆Today is the anniversary of his wife's death.今天是他妻子去世的周年忌日。◆It's our wedding anniversary tomorrow.明天是我们的结婚纪念日。◆She's organizing the theatre's 25th anniversary celebrations (= it is 25 years since it began).她在筹办剧院成立25周年的庆祝活动。■ commemoration / /kəˌmeməˈreɪʃn/ / [uncountable, countable] (rather formal) an event, ceremony, etc. that makes people remember and show respect for an important person or event in the past; the action of remembering sb/sth in this way 纪念；纪念仪式◆a commemoration service / service of commemoration in the cathedral在主教座堂举行的纪念仪式◆a statue in commemoration of the founder of the nation / of the soldiers' sacrifice纪念开国元勋／捐躯战士的雕像■ jubilee / /ˈdʒuːbɪliː/ / [countable] a special anniversary of an event, especially one that took place 25, 50 or 60 years ago; the celebrations connected with this （尤指25、50或60周年的）周年纪念，周年大庆，周年庆祝◆Queen Victoria had been on the throne for 60 years and her diamond jubilee was being celebrated.维多利亚女王已在位60年，庆贺她登基60周年的钻禧大庆正在举行。◆The school's silver jubilee will be marked in style.这所学校的银禧校庆将隆重举行。NOTE 辨析 Anniversary and jubileeA silver wedding anniversary/wedding/anniversary/jubilee marks 25 years, golden 50 years and diamond 60 years. In British English it is more usual to say silver/golden/diamond wedding; in American English it is more usual to say silver/golden/diamond anniversary. * 25周年用silver（银禧），如silver wedding anniversary/wedding/anniversary/jubilee（银婚；银禧）；50周年用golden（金禧）；60周年用diamond（钻禧）。在英式英语中，较常说silver/golden/diamond wedding；在美式英语中，较常说silver/golden/diamond anniversary。 |