其他应注意的数的表达形式
" S3 n7 o7 {& G5 @- T2 e 1)a three-year-old boy 比较The boy is three years old
w% y" x7 @; U* I7 G- H6 c 2) five thousand people / several thousand people比较 thousands of people
+ E/ q: l( Y( A1 l. Z 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。 + Z- r1 X) Q/ C3 o' C3 U
3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
3 L3 r/ {( h3 t) I* v7 M# p9 n0 ^ Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV. & x' B: ?8 W, A: A& Y( f
One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line. 4 A$ b) C+ `# Q" t" V: J5 @: z$ {
(这个地区有1/3人口生活在贫困线以下。)
/ _' Q: g" U# q! D# W 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。
! ]. G$ t' Z5 y1 j" r3 K 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) ! C- W! g' G5 I! V! w# W
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. |