<例句>

There were millions of blooms.

有數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)的花。

<語(yǔ)法分析>

基數(shù)詞在句子中作主語(yǔ)，此外還可作定語(yǔ)、表語(yǔ)、同位語(yǔ)以及賓語(yǔ)或介詞賓語(yǔ)等。序數(shù)詞在句中可作定語(yǔ)、表語(yǔ)、主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或介詞賓語(yǔ)等，序數(shù)詞還可用在某些短語(yǔ)中。分?jǐn)?shù)詞由基數(shù)詞和序數(shù)詞構(gòu)成，基數(shù)詞代表分子，序數(shù)詞代表分母，除了分子為1的情況外，序數(shù)詞都要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。分?jǐn)?shù)詞可以作主語(yǔ)、定語(yǔ)、狀語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或介詞賓語(yǔ)等。

<觸類旁通>

(1) The river is about eighty miles long.

這條河約有八十英里長(zhǎng)。

語(yǔ)法分析：基數(shù)詞在句子中作定語(yǔ)。

(2) I read five of his novels.

我看了五本他寫(xiě)的小說(shuō)。

語(yǔ)法分析：基數(shù)詞作賓語(yǔ)。

(3) Its population is nearly three million.

它的人口數(shù)量接近三百萬(wàn)。

語(yǔ)法分析：基數(shù)詞作表語(yǔ)。

(4) She's getting married a third time.

她將第三次結(jié)婚。

語(yǔ)法分析：序數(shù)詞和a連用，表示“再一個(gè)”、“又一個(gè)”等。

(5) I thought that performance third-rate.

我認(rèn)為那場(chǎng)演出是三流的。

語(yǔ)法分析：序數(shù)詞可用在許多短語(yǔ)中。

(6) Mother divided the cake into thirds.

媽媽把蛋糕分成三份。

語(yǔ)法分析：分?jǐn)?shù)詞作賓語(yǔ)或介詞賓語(yǔ)。

<鞏固練習(xí)>

(1) There are _____[million] of books in that library.

(2) Tens of ______[thousand] of mossbacks used to roam the prairie.

(3) They arrived in twos and _____[three].

(4) A _____[two] swan flew down. Then a third and a fourth.

(5) I bought a _____ hand car.

(6) She died in her _____[fifty].

<參考答案>

(1) millions (2) thousands (3) threes (4) second (5) second (6) fifties