1.Year after year = for a number of years; continuously年年地,年复一年地。把 year 换成其他词,就有:week after week; month after month; generation after generation等许多表达法。
例: We used to go to the seaside for a holiday year after year.
过去我们每年都去海边度假。
Some folk songs are passed on generation after generation.
有些民歌被一代接一代地传唱。
2.有一个用法和sth. after sth.很类似,就是sth. by sth.我们通过一个例句来看看它们的区别:
Year by year 一年年地,逐渐地.
My hair is becoming gray Year by year .
我的头发一年比一年白了。
3.由上可见,Year by year 比 Year after year 这种用法更强调动作的变化过程。
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