Customs play a significant role in festivals, butsometimes they can change over time.
请问over time为何没冠词?是省略了冠词吗?
注意over time 是习语,其中不需要冠词(不是省略了冠词,而是根本不需要冠词),其意为“伴随时间的推移慢慢地……”,可讲解为astime passes,有的词典干脆简单地讲解为 slowly,gradually。又如:
Perceptions change over time. 看法随时间而变。
The pain will lessen over time. 疼痛会慢慢减轻。
The rocks have eroded away over time. 伴随时间的流逝,岩石慢慢风化。
The coin’s date had been smoothed away over time. 硬币上的年代被慢慢磨平了。
比较下面的句子,over the time 指“在时间方面”“对……的时间”等:
We had a slight misunderstanding over the time. 大家在时间方面建议稍有分歧。
There was a misunderstanding over the time of themeeting. 对于开会的时间还有误解。