If you're speaking American English and you see an old friend or colleague you haven't seen in a while, you can say: It's been ages since we've talked.
如果你看見一位很久不見的朋友或者同事，你可以用美語(yǔ)說(shuō)：“我們好多年沒(méi)有一起聊聊了”。
What does this mean? To find out, Let's listen to an actual conversation.
這是什么意思呢？從下面這段真實(shí)的對(duì)話中，找找看吧。
How are you, I haven't seen you for a few years!
你怎么樣啊，好多年沒(méi)有看見你了！
I'm doing great! It's been ages since we've talked, hasn't it?
我挺不錯(cuò)的！我們好多年沒(méi)有一起聊聊了（It's been ages since we've talked），是么?
It's been a long time, that's for sure.
我知道是很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間啦。
In American English, "It's been ages" is another way of saying, "it's been a long time" or "a long time has passed" since you've seen each other.
在美語(yǔ)中，“It's been ages”（很多年）是“it's been a long time”（很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間）和“a long time has passed”(過(guò)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間)的另外一種表達(dá)方式。
You may remember the words "ages" being used to talk about different periods of history, like the ice age, stone age, or bronze age.
大家應(yīng)該都知道“ages”可以用來(lái)表示各個(gè)不同的歷史時(shí)代，比如冰川時(shí)代（the ice age），石器時(shí)代（stone age），銅器時(shí)代（bronze age）。
Saying "it's been ages" uses exaggeration by saying that it's been many of those long stretches of time since something has happened.
“it's been ages”意識(shí)是自從某事以后過(guò)去很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，這是一種夸張的表達(dá)方式。
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