其他應(yīng)注意的數(shù)的表達(dá)形式
1)a three-year-old boy 比較The boy is three years old
2) five thousand people / several thousand people比較 thousands of people
表達(dá)具體數(shù)字時(shí),thousand不加 "s",后面不加 "of "; ten, million, billion情況以此類(lèi)推。
3) One-third of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
Two-thirds of the students have passed College English Test Band IV.
One-third of the population in this area is living below the poverty line.
(這個(gè)地區(qū)有1/3人口生活在貧困線(xiàn)以下。)
注意:幾分之幾的表達(dá)形式;動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)由后面的名詞數(shù)決定。
4) a looker-on 比較two lookers-on(旁觀者) / a brother-in-law比較two brothers-in-law(姻親兄弟)
5) my father, together with (along with / with / as well as my mother and brothers) 結(jié)構(gòu)中,主語(yǔ)作單數(shù)處理,即my father