Prices vary widely from shop to shop. 商店之间的价格相差很大。
这个句子中的vary from shop to shop为什么没有冠词? 可以这样改一下吗?
vary from a shop to a shop
vary from shops to shops
vary from the shop to the shop
▲根据英语惯用法,两个意义相同或相对的名词构成的平行结构前不用冠词。
eg:day and night 日夜/ fac to face 面对面
day by day一天天/ husband and wife 夫妻
We are mother and daughter.我们是母女俩。
She has neither brother nor sister. 他没有兄弟姐妹。
Man or boy,I don’t like him.无论大男人还是小男孩,我都不喜欢。
▲因此,你举的例子froma shop to a shop/ from the shop to the shop 都是不宜使用的。
不过from shopsto shops 可以接受:
You can just sit before your computerinstead of going from shops to shops to see the items.