2. Hundred, thousand, million, dozen, score这些词前面如有表示具体数字的词,它们不能加 “s”,反之则须加 “s”, 并要与of短语连用。例如:
three hundred people, five thousand years;
thousands of people, hundreds of students, thousands of trees
(二)序数词
表示顺序的词,叫序数词。序数词用来表示数词顺序。除特殊情况外,序数词一般都由相应的基数词加后缀-th构成。
请见下表:
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第一到第十 |
第十一到第十九 |
第二十以上 |
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first |
eleventh |
twentieth |
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second |
twelfth |
thirtieth |
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third |
thirteenth |
fortieth |
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fourth |
fourteenth |
fiftieth |
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fifth |
fifteenth |
sixtieth |
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sixth |
sixteenth |
seventieth |
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seventh |
seventeenth |
eightieth |
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eighth |
eighteenth |
ninetieth |
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ninth |
nineteenth |
hundredth |
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tenth |
thousandth |
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