今天我们来搞懂一个很多人经常搞混的语法点:hundred / hundreds 到底什么时候加 "s"?
看看这句话你能不能翻对:
中文: 屋里有两百人。
你会怎么说?
✘ There are two hundreds people in the room.
✔ There are two hundred people in the room.
英语中有一些表示“数量单位”的词,比如:
hundred(百)
thousand(千)
million(百万)
dozen(一打,12个)
score(二十个)
当它们前面有具体数字时,必须用单数形式!
所以应该说:two hundred,five thousand,three dozen,而不是加“s”!
① She bought three dozen eggs.
她买了三打鸡蛋。
② They have planted ten thousand trees.
他们种了一万棵树。
③ There are three score and ten students in our class.
我们班有七十个学生。
(注:score = 20,three score and ten = 3×20 + 10 = 70)
④ I have made a big profit of four million dollars.
我赚了四百万美元。
当你不是用具体数字,而是说一个“大概”的数量时,就可以加“s”并搭配 of!
Hundreds of people came to the concert.(几百人来了)
Thousands of fans were screaming.(成千上万的粉丝在尖叫)
Dozens of eggs were broken.(几十个鸡蛋碎了)
✅ 有具体数字:two hundred / five thousand / three dozen
✅ 无具体数字:hundreds of / thousands of / dozens of
❌ 不要混用: two hundreds people ❌
下列句子是否正确?你来判断!
He has two hundred of books.
She made a deal worth three million dollars.
There are hundreds people outside the stadium.
They found dozens of broken plates.
答案:
❌ 第1句:应该是 “two hundred books” (不能加 of)
✅ 第2句:完全正确
❌ 第3句:应该是 “hundreds of people”
✅ 第4句:正确
最后提醒一句:hundred 这类词其实就是“数量单位”,就像“米”、“打”、“斤”一样。别在“斤”的后面加“s”哦~