職稱英語常用語法詳解
A number of 表示"一些","不少",認真對比一下,看出問題來了嗎?
問多少錢、多少重量時用:How much…?問距離時用:How far is it from…to…?
9、單位詞的使用
(1) 不可數(shù)名詞表示多少,一般用much, (a) little, a lot of, enough 等詞表達,要數(shù)1,2,3,4…時要用"量詞"表達,最常用的是a piece of (news, advice, furniture, information…)。
(2) 成雙成對的名詞一般用復(fù)數(shù),如:a pair of trousers (褲子) / scissors(剪刀) / glasses (spectacles)(眼鏡) / pliers(鉗子)
(3) a couple of表示一對,或2-3…,如:a couple of days / people / things
?。?) 記住以下量詞表達方式:
a loaf (two loafs) of bread (一個(兩個)面包)
a burst of laughter(一陣笑聲)
a fit of anger / chill(一陣發(fā)怒 / 發(fā)冷)
a game of chess (一盤棋)
a lump of sugar (一塊方糖)
10、其他應(yīng)注意的數(shù)的表達形式
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
表達具體數(shù)字時,thousand不加 "s",后面不加 "of "; ten, million, billion情況以此類推。
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.
(這個地區(qū)有1/3人口生活在貧困線以下。)