(2) ① the number of + n.(pl.) The number of the students standing outside is about twenty. 站在外面的学生的数目大约是20。 链接 the number of + n.(pl.)表示“……的数量”。作主语时,谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。表示数量的多少,用large和small, 不用many和few。如: (1)a large / great/good number of a great many a good few / quite a few + n. (复数) (作主语,谓语动词用复数形式) ① the number of + n.(pl.) 表示“许多”的短语 (2) many a more than one + n. (单数) (作主语,谓语动词用单数第三人称形式) ① the number of + n.(pl.) 表示“许多”的短语 (3) a great/ good deal of quite a little + n. (不可数名词) (作主语,谓语动词用单数第三人称形式) (作主语,谓语动词根据amount的单复数决定) (4) a large amount of large amounts of + n. (不可数名词) ① the number of + n.(pl.) 表示“许多”的短语 (作主语,谓语动词根据quantity 的数决定) (5) a large quantity of large quantities of + n. (复数)或+ n. (不可数名词) 辨析 the number of / a number of a number of+可数名词,意为“许多的、大量的 ……”,其后的谓语动词用复数; the number of+可数名词,意为“……的数目”, |