如果时长短语不放在名词前,而是放在动词后作表语或状语,仍然使用复数形式 ⭐years。例如:The contract is two and a half years long. 意思是“这份合同期限为两年半”。
in two and a half years 既可以表示“从现在起两年半后”,也可以表示“用两年半时间完成”,具体含义由动词决定。比如 I finished the course in two and a half years 是“我用两💎年半完成了课程”,而 I will finish the course in two and a half years 更接近“我将在两年半后完成课程”。
正确句子是 The company offered me a two-and-a-half-year contract.,不能写成 a two-and-a-half-years contract。原因在于复合形容词已经整体修饰名词,时间单位不再单独表示复数。
如果“两年半”表示持续了多长时间,可以说 for two and a half years;如果表示在两年半之后或两年半之内完成,则分别使用 after two and a half years 和 in two and a half years。放在名词前作定语时,要改成带连字符的 a two-and-a-half-year...,并且 year 不加 s。
for 强调时间长度,不能和表示起点的 since 混用。比如“我从2022年开始在这里工作”应说 I have worked here since 2022;“💫我在这里工作了两年半”则说 I have worked here for two and a half years。