基數(shù)詞在句子中主要用作:
1.定語:
Forty thousand people watched the game.
四萬人觀看了球賽。
The United States is made up of fifty states.
美國由五十個州組成。
2.主語:
There are four of us in a11.
我們總共是四個人。
Two(of them)are girls and four are boys.
兩個是女生,四個是男生。
3.賓語或介詞賓語:
—How many do you want?
—Five,please.
—你要多少?
—我要五個。
The city has a population of twelve million.
這座城市有一千二百萬人口。
4.表語:
We are altogether fourteen.
我們總共是十四個人。
Five plus seven is twelve.
五加七等于十二。
5.同位語:
Is there room for us two?
有我們兩人的座位嗎?
We three took care of the children.
我們?nèi)齻€人看孩子。
6.表示歲數(shù),點(鐘)等:
I lost my mother when I was ten.
我十歲時媽媽去逝了。
The plane takes off at 4:30pm.
飛機下午四點半起飛。
He was born in1984.
他于1984年出生。
7.用于復數(shù)形式:
Hundreds of buildings have been put up here this year.
今年這里蓋了數(shù)以百計的大樓。
They arrived in twos and threes.
他們二二兩兩地來了。
Thousands upon thousands of people come to visit the city everyday.
每天成千上萬的人來訪問這座城市。
Millions of people were killed in the war.
在這場戰(zhàn)爭中死了數(shù)以百萬計的人。
He was in his early thirties.
他三十一二歲。
This took place in 1930s.
這事發(fā)生在(二十世紀)三十年代。
8.在談編了號的東西時,常可以基數(shù)詞來表示順序:
part one 第一部分
channel 26 第二十六頻道
chapter five 第五章
Flight 705 第705號航班
Room 201(two-oh-one) 201號房間
page 650 第650頁
147 Nanjing Rd. 南京路147號
9.??捎胣umber(縮字為No.)+基數(shù)詞表示順序:
He has room number four.
他住四號房間。
Mandy ran into Number Eight Elm Rood.
曼迪跑進榆樹街8號。
It's suite number three on the second floor.
它是二(三)層樓3號套房。
bus No.10
第10路公共汽車
No.17 platform
第十七號站臺
My room is No.6.
我的房間是6號。