说明
year after year/year by year
核心问题
（1）Don't plant rice year after year in the same field.
(2) We should do everything possible to enable the peasants to raise their personal incomes year by year.
year after year 与 year by year 都作“逐年,一年一年地”解。请问它们有无区别?
词典解答
它们的基本含义相同,但使用场合不同。year after year 含有“年年重复,毫无变化”之
意。而 year by year 含有“年年发生变化”之意。
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Year after year I have a birthday present from my parents. 我年年都从父母那里得到一份生日礼物。
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Year by year we grow a little older. 我们会逐年变老一些。
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They liked the cool wet weather there and their number increased year by year. 麋鹿喜欢那儿的凉爽而潮湿的气候,因此,它们的数目逐年增加。
上面的解释也适用于 day after day 和 day by day:
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Day after day the mouse came back and was given more bread. 老鼠天天都回来,而迪斯尼也天天给老鼠更多的面包吃。
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Day by day the situation is improving. 情况每天都在改善着。