其他应注意的数的表达形式 7 w& _& U" |" s1 f$ b$ Y9 o0 m
1)a three-year-old boy 比较The boy is three years old
7 i# ^% G0 |2 r! I7 d: f 2) five thousand people / several thousand people比较 thousands of people : k3 F& @( P/ ~6 F9 e" x& o
表达具体数字时,thousand不加 "s",后面不加 "of "; ten, million, billion情况以此类推。
9 S. r$ K! p" n 3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV. ' A7 ]0 c; H# @3 [# T0 C" V
Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV. & t& a9 x; t9 y2 o
One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line. % S/ x$ |$ A7 p" W: ?1 n
(这个地区有1/3人口生活在贫困线以下。)
( Z; W, y, m1 U; L7 W2 t 注意:几分之几的表达形式;动词的单复数由后面的名词数决定。
! }, |* W! _: P* F- }) [( e 4) a looker-on 比较two lookers-on(旁观者) / a brother-in-law比较two brothers-in-law(姻亲兄弟)
& A4 f! p1 f0 p6 @) D: q 5) my father, together with (along with / with / as well as my mother and brothers) 结构中,主语作单数处理,即my father. |