
許多,若幹
Large numbers of security police stood by.
許多秘密警察站在旁邊。
Large numbers of sol***rs deserted as defeat became inevitable.
戰敗已成定局,許多士兵開小差跑了。
Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff.
它的運轉常常因受過培訓的員工人數不夠而受到限制。
The numbers of the commune were swollen by political refugees.
政治難民使公社的人數激增。
There were numbers of standard roses which had so spread their branches that they were like little trees.
這裡有許多标準的玫瑰,它們的枝幹伸展得好似它們像小樹一樣。
"numbers of"是英語中常見的限定短語,通常用于描述事物的數量或規模。根據權威語法資料,該短語的詳細解釋如下:
基本定義與用法
"numbers of"後接可數名詞複數,表示"大量"或"許多",強調事物的複數性和數量規模。例如:"Numbers of students attended the lecture"(許多學生參加了講座)。該用法常見于正式書面語,與"a number of"(許多)存在細微差異,後者更側重泛指而非強調規模(Cambridge Dictionary)。
語法結構特點
牛津英語語法指出,"numbers of"的主語在句中作複數處理,動詞需使用複數形式。例如:"Large numbers of migratory birds are arriving"(大批候鳥正在抵達)。與之對應的單數形式"the number of"則表示具體數量,動詞用單數(Oxford Learner's Dictionaries)。
常見搭配與語義延伸
柯林斯詞典列舉了典型搭配如"increasing/growing numbers of"(越來越多的)、"vast/huge numbers of"(巨量的)。在經濟學語境中,該短語可量化趨勢,例如:"Numbers of startup companies show quarterly growth"(初創企業數量呈現季度增長)(Collins Dictionary)。
使用注意事項
朗文當代英語詞典特别指出,該短語不可與不可數名詞連用,此時應改用"amounts of"。例如錯誤用法:"numbers of water",正确表達應為"large amounts of water"(Longman Dictionary)。
同義表達辨析
韋氏詞典對比了"numbers of"與"a multitude of""a host of"等近義詞組的區别,強調前者更適用于統計學或強調規模量級的語境,後者則偏向文學性表達(Merriam-Webster)。
關于“numbers of”的用法和含義,需要注意以下幾點:
正确短語形式
英語中更常見的表達是“a number of”(表示“許多”),而非“numbers of”。例如:
A number of students were absent yesterday.(許多學生昨天缺席了)
語義區别
The number of applicants has increased this year.(今年申請者的數量增加了)
“numbers of”的特殊情況
雖然“numbers of”在标準英語中不常用,但在特定語境下可能表示“多個統計數值”或強調不同群體的數量。例如:
Numbers of people in different age groups were surveyed.(不同年齡段的多個群體被調查)
常見錯誤提醒
需避免混淆“a number of”和“the number of”的動詞形式。例如:
建議優先使用“a number of”表達“許多”,而“numbers of”僅在明确指代多個統計數值時使用。如需進一步學習英語短語搭配,可參考權威語法書籍或詞典。
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