比如高中课本Disland里面有句话说:
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吃面包。
这里的day after day; = for a number of days; continuously 天天地,日复一日地。把day换成其他词,就有:week after week; month after month; year after year; generation after generation等许多表达法。
来看几个例子:
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。
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:
day by day 一天天地,逐渐地.
My hair is becoming gray day by day.
我的头发一天比一天白了。
也就是说,这种用法更强调动作的变化过程。
今天的基础英语里,我们讲了一个短语be engaged in的用法,一个句型sth. after sth.表示动作的连续重复。
我们下次再见!
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