每隔是在我们日常交流中常会用到的词,如何用英语表达“每隔(一个)”呢?
1)用“every other+单数名词”表示“每隔一....”。如:
every other day 每隔一天
every other tree 每隔一棵树
Write on every other line.
请隔行写。
We meet every other Tuesday.
我们隔周星期二见面一次。
Take this medicine every other day.
每隔一天服一次药。
2)用“every +基数词+复数名词”或“every+序数词+单数名词”表示“每隔...(较英语数词少一个)”。如:
every three days = every third day 每隔两天(或译为每三天)
every two days = every other day 每隔一天(或译为每两天)
You must take your medicine every two hours.
你得每两小时(即每隔一个小时)服药一次。
He gets home leave every two years.
他每两年(即每隔一年)有一次探亲假。
She goes home every five days.
她每五天回一次家。/他每隔四天回一次家。
The Olympic Games are held every fourth year.
奥运会每四年举办一次。/奥运会每隔三年举办一次。
3)用“every few+复数名词”表示“每隔几...”。如:
He came to see me every few day.
他每隔几天来看我一次。
注意:
1.every即可译为“每...”,也可以译为“每隔...”。译成“每隔...”时,要在所给数字中减去一,但表示距离时,译成“每...”或“每隔...”,在决义上差别不大。例如:
He planted a tree every three meters.
他每(隔)三数植一棵树。
2.当every所修饰的数字大到一定程序时,译成“每...”或“每隔...”意义上差别不大。例如:
The doctor visits his mother every hundred days.
这位医生每(隔)一百天去看望他母亲一次。