year-round, decade-long and century-old

我認為對我非母語者，注意收集諸如year-round, decade-long and century-old的表示方式，或許可以當作練習或遊戲：




year-round (yîr'round')
adj.
Existing, active, or continuous throughout the year: a year-round resort.
Antonym: seasonal

adj. - 整年的, 全年不變的
日本語 (Japanese) adj. - 一年中の, 年中開いている、 一年を通して（の）.

例紐約時報：
Lake Tahoe Fire Hits Year-Round Residents

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., June 27 — When word came to evacuate his
12-foot-square shack on Tuesday afternoon, Scott Weise did not have a
great deal to pack. He grabbed a few books, some canned goods and his
one prized collection: about $1,300 worth of fishing gear, equipment
Mr. Weise said he had planned to use — before his evacuation — to take
as many crappie and blue gill out of Lake Tahoe as he could.
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當然，year-long（━━ a. 1年続いた; 1年中の.） and year-old 都是慣用的表達方式。
year-on-year 是與去年的同一天相比
all (the) year round [around]　1年中.
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decade 10; 10個; 10年（間）.
朝日新聞：
Instead, the Diet passed a no-confidence resolution against the
Cabinet, triggering a downfall of the LDP and an end to the party's
decades-long monopoly as the ruling party.
（Miyazawa, defender of Constitution, dies at 87
06/29/2007）


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century
━━ n. 世紀, 百年; 百人組; （古ローマの）百人隊.

紐約時報：

Century-Old Ban Lifted on Minimum Retail Pricing
By STEPHEN LABATON
The Supreme Court's decision will give producers significantly more,
though not unlimited, power to dictate retail prices and to restrict
discounter sellers.