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biennial

/bahy-en-ee-uhl/US // baɪˈɛn i əl //UK // (baɪˈɛnɪəl) //

两年一次,两年期,两年一度的,两年一次的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also biyearly .

    • : happening every two years: biennial games.
    • : lasting or enduring for two years: a biennial life cycle.
    • : Botany. completing its normal term of life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year, as beets or winter wheat.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any event occurring once in two years.
    • : Botany. a biennial plant.

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Examples

  • In 1974, three-quarters of Americans belonged to a membership organization such as a veteran’s group or a social club, according to the General Social Survey, a biennial national poll.

  • The former is used to select teams for international competitions like the biennial World Athletics Cross Country Championships and its race distances are determined accordingly.

  • So perhaps The Style Invitational’s biennial “joint legislation” contest, Week 1419, will give them — and us — something to smile about, and an introduction to their fellow freshmen.

  • Living for two years, each biennial plant forms a rosette of leaves during the first year of life, and a 3- to 8-foot tall flower stalk with yellow flowers during its second and final year of life.

  • Efforts to elect new LGBTQ members of Congress are underscored by the recent release of the Human Rights Campaign’s biennial congressional scorecard, for which a record number of 228 members of Congress earned a perfect “100” score.

  • If anything, Finley wants the Whitney Houston Biennial to inspire both the artists and the viewers.

  • PERFORMA—the nearly month-long biennial celebrating the multi-faceted realm of performance art—is back for its fifth installment.

  • Those are results of the biennial Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey of public opinion on foreign policy (PDF).

  • Unfortunately, what it shows is that contemporary art no longer suits a standard biennial.

  • At the Biennial, only a very few artworks escape to stand on their own.

  • It is a biennial plant, with fleshy lobed wavy leaves that are covered with bluish bloom, and a fleshy cylindrical root.

  • This is a hardy biennial, highly prized as a garnish, and as a pot-herb for flavoring soups and boiled dishes.

  • This is a hardy biennial vegetable, resembling a small parsnip, and as easily grown.

  • Two peduncles mostly come out of the upper sheath; some leaves are biennial.

  • I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober second thought of the people shall be law.