核心问题
(1)You came at a bad time of year.
(2) Spring is the best season of the year.
请问 of year 与 of the year 哪个用法是正确的?
词典解答
the time (a bad time) of year 与 the time (a bad time) of the year 在意义和用法上并没有区别。葛传架教授在《英语惯用法词典》(p.716)中早就指出过:“‘the time of (the) year’(这个季候)和‘this time of (the) year’里的‘the’似乎用的少,不用的多。”这一说法是符合实际的。请看下面的实例:
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Young people love this time of year. 年轻人喜欢每年中的这个时候。
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It is the time of year for the rice harvest. 这是一年中收割稻谷的时期。
the two/both 见 both