eighty + 复数名词
作定语时直接放在可数名词复数前,表示数量,名词一般用复数,中间不加 of。
The library ordered eighty new books.
图书馆订购了八十本新书。
比七十多十的
比七十多十的
being ten more than seventy
There are eighty students in the school band.
学校乐队里有八十名学生。
用法提示:eighty 作形容词,修饰 students,表示数量。
She bought eighty apples for the party.
她为聚会买了八十个苹果。
用法提示:eighty 作形容词,修饰 apples,表示数量。
The old clock has been here for eighty years.
这座旧钟已经在这里八十年了。
用法提示:eighty 作形容词,与 years 搭配表示时间长度。
作定语时直接放在可数名词复数前,表示数量,名词一般用复数,中间不加 of。
The library ordered eighty new books.
图书馆订购了八十本新书。
表示某个特定群体中的八十个,前面常有 the、these、those 等限定词;后接代词时用宾格,如 eighty of them。
Eighty of the students came from the same town.
这些学生中有八十人来自同一个镇。
构成复合形容词时 year 用单数并加连字符,只能作定语放在名词前。
An eighty-year-old man won the race.
一位八十岁的老人赢得了比赛。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are eightty students in the hall.
正确表达There are eighty students in the hall.
eighty 是 eight 加后缀 -y 构成的,eight 末尾的 t 要保留,拼写里只有一个 t(e-i-g-h-t-y)。不要写成 eightty 或 eightt,这两个拼法在英语中都不存在。
grammar · medium
易错句子The library has eighty book about history.
正确表达The library has eighty books about history.
英语中大于一的数词修饰可数名词时,名词必须用复数形式;汉语名词没有单复数变化(八十本书),所以容易漏掉 -s。eighty 后面的可数名词要用 books,不能用 book。
grammar · medium
易错句子My grandfather is eighty years.
正确表达My grandfather is eighty years old.
表示年龄时英语要用“数词 + years old”,old 不能省略;单独说 eighty years 只表示“八十年的时间”,不能表示年龄,汉语的“八十岁”里没有对应 old 的词,所以容易漏掉。
百分之八十
Eighty percent of the students passed the exam.
百分之八十的学生通过了考试。
八十岁
My grandfather is eighty years old.
我爷爷八十岁了。
八万
The company employs about eighty thousand people worldwide.
这家公司在全球雇用了约八万名员工。
八十度
The temperature reached eighty degrees this afternoon.
今天下午气温达到了八十度。
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