其他应注意的数的表达形式
" H m( N+ Y! @$ D$ C 1)a three-year-old boy 比较The boy is three years old
6 |0 ?0 l2 a) H. ~) C 2) five thousand people / several thousand people比较 thousands of people
. f' } f, l! _4 ` 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。
1 O6 H1 j( Y6 U! y! M ? 3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
0 k4 `& N' U7 o" g- V Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
& H# e7 D/ H$ n5 t9 ? One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line.
0 A# a. b( c5 C$ p& Z (这个地区有1/3人口生活在贫困线以下。)
. B& k2 f2 W2 X% S6 y j 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。
- n0 D2 a0 o1 {* s/ W% @, H5 j 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) . E1 f3 h. R3 h
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. |