基数词用复数的三种情况
2016-09-06来源:和谐英语
基数词用复数的三种情况
▲将数词当作名词看待,当表示多个某一数字时,基数词可用复数形式。如:
Four twos make eight. 4乘以2等于8。
▲某些惯用表达中,基数词习惯上用复数形式,如on all fours(在地上爬),in twos and threes(三三两两),at sixes and sevens(乱七八糟)等。如:
She crawled on all fours over to the window. 她爬到窗边。
Applications for the job are coming in slowly in twos and threes. 申请这份工作的信件三三两两来得很慢。
▲逢整“十”的基数词若用复数形式,可以表示某人的大约年岁和世纪中的年代。如:
Long hair for men came in in the sixties. 男子留长发在20世纪60年代很流行。
he was in and out of jail for most of his twenties. 他二十几岁时几乎一直频繁进出监狱。
注:若表示“十几岁”,则用teens。如:
His parents divorced during his teens. 他父母在他十几岁时离婚了。
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