大漠金鹰
……的数量,用英语说就是the number of, 它作主语时,谓语动词用单数,因为它表示的是一个数。如The number of women teachers in my school is twenty。我们学校女老师的数量是20个。
Megumi2046
......的数量:the number of……
例如:
1、企业倒闭的数量增加了。
The number of business failures has rise.
2、数了数鱼的数量,并把平均重量记录了下来。
The fish were counted and an average weight recorded.
3、大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
一般表示数量的词有:number; quantity; amount; quantum
这几个词和the ...of ...连用都可以表示为“...的数量”
例:
1、The quantity of ambiguity and restrictive condition are in the direct ratio.
歧义的数量与限制条件的数量成正比。
2、We must constantly adjust the amount of money in circulation.
我们必须对货币的流通数量不断进行调节。
3、The two indices may tell different stories on the quantum of price falls.
两个指数体现出的价格跌幅的数量可能并不一致。
壹贰叁肆4321
“a number of”(许多),“a variety of”(各种各样的)和“a group of”(一群,一组)修饰名词作主语,谓语要求用复数形式。但是“the number of”(数目)和“the variety of”(种类)修饰名词作主语,谓语用单数形式。试比较:(1)A number of students are from the south. 不少学生来自南方。The number of students from the north is small. 来自北方的学生人数很少。(2)There are a variety of toys on sale in that shop. 那个商店出售各种各样的玩具。The variety of goods on sale in that shop is surprising. 那个商店货物的品种多得惊人。