dozen的用法
dozen的用法
1.与具体数字连用时,不加复数词尾-s;若后接名词,通常也无需用介词of。
例句:He bought three dozen bottles of wine.
翻译:他买了三打葡萄酒。
例句:He has lived here for two score years.
翻译:他在这里已经住了20年了。
2.偶尔也可见到受具体数字修饰的dozen,score后接of,但惯用法认为省略则常见。of。
3. dozen可用作量词,a dozen of修饰名词时of可省略,但dozens of中的of不能省去。
例句:There were dozens of people there.
翻译:那里有几十个人。
例句:I have heard of that scores of times.
翻译:我已经多次听说过了。
4. 当与a few, several, many等数目不很具体的词连用时,带不带复数词尾-s均可,但是注意:若不带复数词-s,其后的介词of可以省略;若带复数词尾-s,则其后介词of不能省略。
例句:several dozen(s) of eggs=several dozen eggs
翻译:几打鸡蛋
例句:several dozen (of) pencils= several dozens of pencils
翻译:几十支铅笔
5.若其后的名词受the, these, those等特指限定词的修饰,或其后接的是us,them 这样的人称代词时,则此时必须用介词of。
例句:I had bred a dozen of chickens.
翻译:我饲养了12只小鸡。
例句:There were about a dozen of them.
翻译:大约有十二人。
6.用作形容词,表示一打的,十二个的。
例句:My mother bought a dozen eggs.
翻译:我妈妈买了一打鸡蛋。
例句:They began by baking two dozen loaves.
翻译:他们通过烘烤两打的面包开始。
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