two + plural noun
用于描述数量,后接可数名词复数。
I have two cats.
我有两只猫。
比一个多一个
being one more than one
There are two books on the table.
桌子上有两本书。
AI contextual example
She has two brothers and one sister.
她有两个兄弟和一个姐妹。
AI contextual example
I need two more minutes to finish.
我还需要两分钟才能完成。
AI contextual example
he received two messages
他收到了两条消息
WordNet
用于描述数量,后接可数名词复数。
I have two cats.
我有两只猫。
表示年龄,two后常省略years old,但正式用法需保留。
She is two years old.
她两岁了。
表示整体中的两个,后接限定词+名词复数或代词。
Two of my friends are coming.
我的两个朋友要来。
Not this
I have two much work to do.
Use this
I have too much work to do.
混淆同音词:'two' 表数字 '二','too' 表 '太';中文语音相同导致拼写混淆。
Not this
He lives on the two floor.
Use this
He lives on the second floor.
混淆基数词与序数词:英语中顺序需用序数词 'second',而中文 '二' 可兼表基数与序数,导致误用基数词。
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两年
I lived in London for two years.
我在伦敦住了两年。
两个小时
The meeting lasted two hours.
会议持续了两个小时。
两个人
There are two people waiting at the door.
门口有两个人等着。
两边;双方
Every story has two sides.
每个故事都有两面。
两种方式
There are two ways to solve this problem.
解决这个问题有两种方式。
两个孩子
She is a mother of two children.
她是两个孩子的母亲。
同类的人;十分相似的人
My brother and I are two of a kind — we both love hiking.
我哥哥和我是一类人——我们都喜欢远足。
根据已知事实推断;把两件事联系起来
When she saw his muddy shoes and the empty cookie jar, she put two and two together.
当她看到他的脏鞋子和空饼干罐时,她就把两件事联系起来了。
一举两得;一石二鸟
I'll drop off the mail on the way to the store and kill two birds with one stone.
我去商店的路上顺便寄信,一举两得。
两条路在树林中分岔,我选择了人迹更少的一条。——罗伯特·弗罗斯特《未选择的路》
In the poem, two roads fork in a yellow wood, and the speaker chooses the less traveled one.
在诗中,两条路在金黄色的树林里分岔,说话者选择了少有人走的那条。
探戈需要两个人跳;一个巴掌拍不响。(指事情需双方共同参与或负责)
If you two keep arguing, remember that it takes two to tango.
如果你们两个一直吵,记住一个巴掌拍不响。
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联想:two 发音像‘兔’,想象两只兔子(two rabbits),就记住 two 是‘二’。
语域:neutral 常见场景:日常计数、数学表达、一般描述 作为形容词表示数量‘二’,语气中性,在口语和书面语中都较常见,没有明显的正式或非正式限制;具体搭配会影响文体色彩。
与 two 押韵:too、who、blue、true、do 都以 /uː/ 结尾。注意:twelve 等 tw- 开头的词看似拼写相近,但 w 要发音,读 /twɛlv/,而 two 中的 w 不发音。
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