hundred, thousand和million的用法
(1) 用單數(shù)的場(chǎng)合
當(dāng)這些詞與具體數(shù)字連用時(shí),習(xí)慣上用單數(shù),而且也不后接介詞of。如:
He was prepared to pay two million. 他愿意支付200萬。
More than a hundred people were injured. 有一百多人受了傷。
但是,當(dāng)這些詞后面的名詞有了the, these, those等特指限定詞修飾時(shí),或其后的接的是us, them 這樣的人稱代詞時(shí),則此時(shí)必須用介詞 of。如:
About three hundred of them have left there. 他們當(dāng)中約有300人離開了那兒。
(2) 用復(fù)數(shù)的場(chǎng)合
當(dāng)這些詞不與具體數(shù)字連用,而是表示不確定的泛指數(shù)時(shí),則不僅要要用復(fù)數(shù),而且要后接介詞of,然后才能接名詞。如:
The sun was shining. Thousands of people were lying on the beach. 陽光燦爛,數(shù)以千計(jì)的人躺在海灘上。
A careless mistake cost the company millions of pounds. 一個(gè)粗心的錯(cuò)誤使公司蒙受數(shù)百鎊的損失。