every fourth year =every four years every four years 每个四年(每隔四年) Olympic is held every four years. every 与基数词、序数词、other 和few 连用,表示时间或空间的间隔,意为“每……;每隔……”。如: He comes here every three days (every third day). 他每三天(每隔两天)来这儿一次。 You'd better plant a tree every five meters(every fifth meter). 你最好每(隔)5米种一棵树。(树的空间忽略不计) Write on every other line. 隔行写。
every other每……的 例如:I clean the house every other day.我隔一天打扫一次房间。 We plant a tree every other meter.我们每隔一米栽一棵树。 He writes back home every other week.他每隔一个星期都给家里写信。