(C) 倍数常用的表达法:
(half; double; treble; twice; two times; three times; four times) +定冠词或所有形容词+名词或所有代名词
I had to pay double (= twice) the usual fare.
That window is three times the size of this.
9. 数词+名词结合而成的形容词:
(1) 数词+名词=形容词
a five-dollar bill;
two three-hour periods;
the Three-power Conference(三强会议);
(2) 数词+名词+形容词=形容词
a six-year-old boy;
a three-hundred-year-old tree;
注:上述的复合字是以hyphen(-)连结,而且其中的名词要用单数形式。
(3) 名词(无冠词)+基数=the +序数+名词
World War Ⅱ= World War Two or the Second World War;
Vol. Ⅰ= Volume One or the First Volume;
Page 4 = page four or the fourth page;
Lesson 6 = lesson Six or the Sixth Lesson;
Chap. Ⅲ = Chapter Three or the Third Chapter;
Charles Ⅰ= Charles the First;
cf. Napoleon the Great = the Great Napoleon;
(这几种用法,非专有名词,可不用大写,但等号两边须一致。〕
(4) 数词+复数名词作主词,虽为复数形,但强调单一性,则用单数动词。若强调一个一个的个别数,则用复数动词。
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