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million(hundred, thousand)

核心问题

请讲一讲 million(hundred, thousand)millions(hundreds, thousands) 的用法。

词典解答

million 有三种用法:

A. 用作数词,做名词的定语,此时没有复数形式:

  1. He made two [several] million dollars from trading. 他做买卖赚了二百万(几百万)美元。

  2. 30 million dollars... (EED) 3 千万美元……

(有人认为上面的 million 是名词的零复数形式)

B. million 之后不接名词时可以采用零复数形式,也可以采用复数形式:

  1. He is worth three million. (MD) 他值三百万。

  2. The state invested two millions. 政府投资二百万。

  3. They want several million(s). (CGEL) 他们需要几百万。

C. 用作名词, 表示“数以百万计”“几百万”“无数”“数百万人”, 后面可以接 of 短语, 这时通常采用词尾加 s 的复数形式:

  1. Millions (of people) are homeless. 数以百万计的人无家可归。

  2. Her books still give pleasure to millions. (EED) 她的书仍然会给数百万人带来欢欣。hundredthousandmillion 的用法相类似:

two hundred/thousand students 两百/千学生

(several) hundreds/thousands of students 几百/千的学生请看下面的例句:

  1. That store sells several thousand (hundred) dresses every month. (IME) 这家商店每月出售几千(几百)件衣服。

  2. Thousands/hundreds of people go to the seaside every year. (JED) 每年有数以千计(百计)的人去海边。

  3. This cost us several thousand(s). (Chambers) 这件东西花掉了我们数千美元。

练习题

请做下面的英语试题:

  1. Both as a hobby and as a profession, photography has fascinated people for more A B C than hundred years. (TOEFL) D

  2. ____ of kinds of matter in the world. A. That there are millions B. There are a few million C. It is millions D. There are millions(TOEFL)

(参见 dozen, hundred)

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