同学们,基数词在用来表示准确数字的情况下是不能加复数后缀“ s”的,那什么情况下基数词能加“ s”呢?以下基数词可以加复数后缀“ s”,因为它们表达的都是大概的数字,赶快来看一下吧!
1. thousands of/ millions of/ hundreds and hundreds of/ hundreds of thousands of/ thousands upon thousands of成千上万……
例: There are hundreds of thousands of people in the park.
公园里的人有千百个。
2. in twos and threes
三三两两
例: They came home from church by twos and threes.
他们三三两两地从教堂回来。
3. at sixes and sevens
乱七八糟
例: His wife was away and the house was at sixes and sevens.
他妻子不在,家里乱七八糟的。
4. in one's fifties在五十多岁时( fifties前可插入 early, late, mid -, middle)
例: The boys are all in their teens.
那些男孩年纪都在十几岁。
Jane is only in her early forties.
简才刚刚四十出头。
She was in her mid-twenties.
她有二十五、六岁。
He was then in his late seventies.
他当时已经快八十岁了。
5. in the 1960 s( in the 1960 ' s)
二十世纪六十年代
例: He made acquaintance of her in the 1960 s.
六十年代他认识了她。