单词 | year after year(year by year) |
释义 | year ,~ after ~:~ by ~— 1189 这两个状语同义,都作“年复一年”讲,只是 year after year 所表达的时间概念是延续不断的,而 year by year 则是一年一年计算的(前者原是 after year and after year 或 after year and year 的简写,后者原是 by year and by year 或 by year and year 的简写)。 例如: We have been to that place year after year, for I don't know how long. 我们在那个地方一年一年呆下去,也不知已呆了多久了。 Year by year we grow a little old. 我们一年比一年长大起来。 |
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