I have been worked diligently for the people _________.
A.for dozen of years
B.for dozens of years
C.for a dozen year
D.within one dozen of years
曾老师:
正确答案是B(for dozens of years)。A选项dozen应用复数;C选项year应用复数;D选项应去掉of。其实有不少同学对dozen和score这两个词颇感到头疼,解答如下:
1.作数量词时,dozen十二个,score二十个。用法与hundred, thousand …等类似。如:
a dozen apples 十二个苹果(一打苹果),
two score chairs四十张椅子,
three hundred people三百个人。
2.作单位词时,score (二十) 后可接of,但dozen (一打)后接of很罕见。如:
five score (of) fish一百尾鱼(省略of则score为数量词),
three dozen eggs 三打鸡蛋
1992年高考(全国卷)第29小题:Shortly after the accident, two _____ police were sent to the spot to keep order. (A. dozen of B. dozens C. dozen D. dozens of)
3.在表“几十个”不确定的泛指数时用dozens of或scores of,用法同tens of, hundreds of, thousands of…。如:
dozens of / scores of students好几十个学生(所以,你问题中的这道题选项B是正确的)
4.dozens of和scores of前若用some, several, a few, many等词时,dozen和score可去掉“s”(很少保留),同时也去掉of。如:
several dozens/scores of people = several dozen/score people
5.当后面有人称代词(you, us, them)时,名词前有定冠词(the)、物主代词(my, your, his, her, their, its)以及指示代词(these, those)限定时,要用“数词+dozen/score +of”,dozen和scores均不加“s”。如:
a dozen of them,
two score of the books,
three score of my sheep,
four dozen of those children
6.有三个惯用表达需特别记忆:
three score (years) and ten 七十岁,古稀之年;
three score of people 六十人;
three score and ten people七十人
陈老师:
I have been worked diligently for the people _.
A.for dozen of years
B.for dozens of years
C.for a dozen year
D.within one dozen of years
回答如下/:
答案为B:
(一)表示模糊数字:用下面6种结构表达
(1)scores of +名词复数
(2)dozens of +名词复数
(3)hundreds of+名词复数
(4)thousands of +名词复数
(5)millions of +名词复数
(6)billions of +名词复数
(二)表示具体确切数字:用下面6种结构表达
(1)基数词+score +名词复数
(2)基数词+dozen +名词复数
(3)基数词+hundred +名词复数
(4)基数词+thousand +名词复数
(5)基数词+million +名词复数
(6)基数词+billion +名词复数