dozens of sth
There are dozens of books on the shelf.
书架上有几十本书。
几十;许多
大量
plural of dozen
大量
a large number or amount
There were dozens of people waiting in line.
几十个人在排队等候。
用法提示:"dozens of" 表示"几十个",强调数量众多。
She received dozens of birthday cards.
她收到了几十张生日贺卡。
用法提示:"dozens of" 表示"几十张",强调许多。
The storm damaged dozens of homes.
这场风暴损坏了几十栋房屋。
用法提示:"dozens of" 表示"几十栋",强调数量大。
There are dozens of books on the shelf.
书架上有几十本书。
The eggs are sold in dozens.
鸡蛋按打出售。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are a dozens of apples on the table.
正确表达There are dozens of apples on the table.
dozens 是复数形式,不能与不定冠词 a 连用,正确用法是直接使用 dozens of 表示‘许多’。
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw dozens people at the party.
正确表达I saw dozens of people at the party.
dozens 后接名词时需加 of,表示‘许多……’,这是固定搭配,不能省略 of。
dozens表示“几十”,dozen表示精确的十二个,数量范围不同。
dozens指几十,scores指几十到几百,具体数量范围不同,且scores常表示比dozens更大的数量。
dozens强调几十的数量级,myriad表示极大量,数量级更大,且myriad更正式。
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