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■ (in the) past year 与 last yearlast year 是日历上的“去年”，与之相搭配的谓语动词要用一般过去时。In the past year 则是迄今为止的十二个月期间（常常要跨两个日历年度），与之相搭配的谓语动词则要用现在完成时，但在美国英语也可以用一般过去时。 - In the past year, Congress has approved $80 billion in budget authority, according to the Congressional Budget Office.据国会预算办公室统计，过去一年期间内，国会在其预算职权范围内通过的预算有八百亿美元。
- My life has changed a lot in the past year.我的生活在过去的一年期间变化很大。
- In the past year alone, we have hired roughly half a dozen college grads with a starting salary in the mid- to high$40,000 range.单单过去一年期间内，我们就雇用了五六名大学毕业生，底薪在四万到五万美元的中上范围。
- Fully 15％ of Americans say there have been times in the past year they have been unable to afford food—the highest proportion in any advanced economy.整整有百分之十五的美国人说，过去一年期间，他们曾经有过买不起食品的时候，这个比例在所有经济先进国家当中是最高的。
但是也有用一般过去时的。 - Also in the past year, an estimated 575,000 (17％) adults in the state played Lottery games to the exclusion of the other two.也是在过去一年期间，估计该州有 575,000 成年人（百分之十七）买过彩票，但是没有参与其他两种赌博。
- Attention should be paid to those who in the past year forgot or disregarded Mr. Jefferson's admonition that freedom of speech "cannot be limited without being lost."有些人在过去的一年当中忘记了或者是忽视了杰斐逊先生关于言论自由“如果受到限制就等于丧失”的忠告，对于这些人，应该予以重视。
尤其是如果有一个主句和一个定语从句，后者有 in the past year 这个时间状语，则通常从句谓语动词用一般过去时，主句谓语动词用现在完成时。 - If any member of the campus community who died in the past year has been inadvertently omitted, contact John Edwards.如果校友当中有过去一年期间去世而漏掉未列入的，知情者请与约翰·爱德华兹联系。
表示“遍及整个时段”，可以将 in 改为 over，仍然用现在完成时。 - American policy in Iraq over the past two and a half years has been a mixture of nation-building and counterinsurgency, neither with much success. (Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, Oct. 30, 2006, p.49)美国过去两年半在伊拉克的政策，是建设国家和对付暴乱两者的混合物，但是两者都不怎么成功。
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