Two apartments in a Frank Gehry glass-and-steel tower that twists out of the mountainside. Three European-style mansions with turrets and swimming pools. Four white villas sitting in a row.
All but two of the properties have already sold for tens of millions of dollars each. And while it might be hard to believe, each one was a steal — snatched up for discounts of one-third to more than half of the previous values.
香港大亨以低價出售:豪宅
中國的經濟衰退對超級富豪來說並不友善。一些業主發現自己被迫快速出售他們珍貴的房屋。
弗蘭克蓋瑞 (Frank Gehry) 的玻璃鋼塔樓內有兩間公寓，從山腰蜿蜒而出。三座帶塔樓和游泳池的歐式豪宅。四棟白色別墅排成一排。
除兩處房產外，其餘所有房產均已售出數千萬美元。雖然很難相信，但每一件都是搶手貨——以之前價值三分之一到一半以上的折扣被搶購一空。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.
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