中式英语口语错误讲解

42.逐年

[误] The grain output in this province has increased year after year.

[正] The grain output in this province has increased year by year.

翻译：这个省的粮食产量逐年增加。

讲解：year after year（年复一年地）和 year by year（逐年地）的区别在于：后者分别看待年份；而前者集中看待年份（含“年年如此”甚至有“长此以往”之义。）根据原意，应选用 year by year。

更多口语例句：

In that year county after county fell to the enemy.
那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。