15 + plural countable noun
基数词作定语修饰可数名词复数,名词一般用复数形式。
There are 15 students in the classroom.
教室里有十五名学生。
比十四多一个
fifteen
比十四多一个
being one more than fourteen
There are 15 students in our class.
我们班有15名学生。
用法提示:15在此作形容词,修饰students,表示数量十五。
My sister is 15 years old.
我妹妹15岁了。
用法提示:15与years old搭配作形容词,表示年龄十五岁。
The bus ride takes 15 minutes.
乘坐公交车需要15分钟。
用法提示:15作形容词修饰minutes,表示时长十五分钟。
基数词作定语修饰可数名词复数,名词一般用复数形式。
There are 15 students in the classroom.
教室里有十五名学生。
表示年龄时的常用结构,years old 通常不省略。
My cousin is 15 years old.
我表弟十五岁。
at 后接年龄基数词,表示“在……岁时”。
She began learning the violin at 15.
她十五岁开始学小提琴。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have 15 years old.
正确表达I am 15 years old.
英语说年龄用 be 动词,不用 have;‘我十五岁’不能直译为 I have 15 years old,应说 I am 15 years old。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a 15 years old boy.
正确表达He is a 15-year-old boy.
数词作定语修饰名词时,要用连字符组成复合形容词,且 year 用单数:a 15-year-old boy,而不是 a 15 years old boy。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are 15 of students in the classroom.
正确表达There are 15 students in the classroom.
表示数量时,数词直接修饰复数名词,不需要 of;只有后接限定词或代词时才用 of(如 15 of the students / 15 of them)。
fifteen 表示“十五”,重音落在后半 -teen,尾音长而清晰;fifty 表示“五十”,重音在前,结尾是短促的 -ty。两者只差尾音和重音位置,听写和口语中最易混。
两者都以 -teen 结尾,重音位置相同,区别只在词首:fourteen 开头是 four-(四),fifteen 开头是 fif-(五)。表示数字时按开头音节判断,不要只看词尾。
fifteenth 是序数词,用于排序、日期或“第几个”,前面常带 the;fifteen 是基数词,只表示数量“十五”。表示顺序或日期时用序数词,计数时用基数词。
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