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for ages/in ages

问

(a)I have not seen you for ages. (Wilde)

(b) She hasn't been here in ages.

for ages 与 in ages 在意义上有无区别?

答

for ages 与 in ages 在语义上是相同的,都表示“长时间”(for a long period of time)。但 in ages 主要用于美国英语。

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