常见句型：
1、The burglary occurred during the night.
这个盗窃案发生在夜间。
2、Many people die during famines every year.
每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
3、She lived in California during the winter.
整个冬天她住在加利福尼亚州。
4、The whole house shook during the earthquake.
地震时整个房子都摇动了。
词义辨析
during, over, throughout这几个介词均可表示“在…期间,在…时期以内”。区别在于：
1、during既可以表示句中动词所表示动作或状态持续的时间段,也可以表示动作发生在一段时间中的某时间点上,但它不强调动作何时发生或何时结束。
例句：There happened many events during his term of presidential service.
在他的总统任期内,曾发生过许多事情。
2、over则往往强调经过一段时间后所产生的.结果。
例句：By the time we arrived the meeting was over.
我们到达时，会议已结束了。
3、throughout更注重时间进展的始末。
例句：Throughout history empires have waxed and waned.
历史上各个帝国革故鼎新均有兴衰。