hundred, thousand和million的用法说明
日期:2009-07-23 11:32

(单词翻译:单击)

(1) 用单数的场合

当这些词与具体数字连用时,习惯上用单数,而且也不后接介词of。如:

He was prepared to pay two million. 他愿意支付200万。

More than a hundred people were injured. 有一百多人受了伤。

但是,当这些词后面的名词有了the, these, those等特指限定词修饰时,或其后的接的是us, them 这样的人称代词时,则此时必须用介词 of。如:

About three hundred of them have left there. 他们当中约有300人离开了那儿。

(2) 用复数的场合

当这些词不与具体数字连用,而是表示不确定的泛指数时,则不仅要要用复数,而且要后接介词of,然后才能接名词。如:

The sun was shining. Thousands of people were lying on the beach. 阳光灿烂,数以千计的人躺在海滩上。

A careless mistake cost the company millions of pounds. 一个粗心的错误使公司蒙受数百镑的损失。

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