#相似詞語辨析03
a number of, the number of
這一對短語並非同義語,使用場合也不相同。
A number of 的涵義相當於Some 或several,義”一些”,其後接複數名詞或代詞,例如a number of students(或them),與之搭配的動詞一般用複數形式。
The number of 是指數量或數字而言,其後也接複數名詞,但動詞用單數形式。試看下面的例句:
A number of Vietnamese boat people staged a protest against repatriation. 不少越南船民抗議遣返原地。
A large number of books and magazines are lent at our library every day. 我們的圖書館每天借出很多的圖書和雜誌。
A number of foreign guests are coming to Ocean Park today. 今日有不少外賓要來海洋公園。
(註:a large number of 的對語是a small number of,它們的用法和a number of 相同。)
The number of people coming to the country park is large tosay.
今日來郊野公園的人很多。
The number of people who own luxury cars is increasing every year. 擁有豪華汽車的人數與年俱增。
The number of students in our college is never under 2000. 我們學院的學生人數從不少於兩千。
值得注意的是,在英美人寫的文章中,有時我們會看到,a number of 之後接單數形式的動詞,在 the number of 之後卻接複數形式的動詞。例:
A large number of new words has entered the English language since 1940.
The number of names together are about two hundred and sixty.
有些語法學家和主張保持英語“純潔”的人(即所謂 purists 或 prescriptivists)認為,這些用法是不正當的,不能視作標準英語。
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<”殺戮”同義字整理>
喬每次看社會版都看到很多”殺戮”相關動詞,於是靈感一動今天想要整理一份”殺”相關的同義字字彙整理區。這應該不算過於負面吧XD,一直用kill到很膩了嗎?各位同學們一起來學習殺戮的同義字吧!
slaughter (n.) (尤指戰爭中的)屠殺; 殺戮
[the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war]
例: Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels were defeated.
判斷份子被擊敗後,鎮上幾乎沒有人能逃過隨之而來的大屠殺
例: We must find ways of reducing the slaughter which takes place on our roads every year. 我們必須設法減少每年因車禍而造成的重大死亡
butcher (n.) 肉商; 肉販
[a person who sells meat in a shop]
massacre (n.) 大屠殺; 殘殺
[an act of killing a lot of people]
例: He ordered the massacre of 2,000 women and children.
他下令屠殺了2000名婦女與兒童
murder (n.) 謀殺; 兇殺
[the crime of intentionally killing a person]
例: Two sisters have been charged with (= officially accused of) murder.
兩姐妹被控謀殺
例: There were three murders in the town last year. 去年鎮上發生了三件謀殺案
例: The three were convicted of murder. 三人被判犯有謀殺罪
annihilate (V.) 徹底摧毀; 消滅; 毀滅
[to destroy completely so that nothing is left]
例: a city annihilated by an atomic bomb 被原子彈夷為平地的城市
exterminate (V.) 根除; 滅絕; 消滅
[to kill all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type]
例: Once cockroaches get into a building, it’s very difficult to exterminate them.
一旦屋裡有了蟑螂,就很難徹底消滅
例: Millions of Jewish people were exterminated in concentration camps in the Second World War.
二戰期間,幾百萬猶太人在集中營被集體屠殺
execute (V.) (依法)處決; 處死
[to kill someone as a legal punishment]
例: He was executed for murder. 他因飯謀殺罪被處死
liquidate (V.)(n.) 清算; 清盤
[to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts]
例: After 3 years of heavy losses the company went into liquidation with debts totalling 100 million US dollars.
在遭受三年嚴重虧損之後,該公司最終只得清盤,其負債達一億美元
eliminate (V.) 排除; 根除; 清除
[to remove or take away]
例: A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.
養成健康的飲食習慣有助於消除心臟病誘因
例: We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident.
我們排除了這或許是一場意外事故的可能性
例: The police eliminated him from their enquiries.
員警已把他排除在調查對象之外
destroy (V.) 毀壞; 摧毀; 毀滅
[to damage something so badly that it does not exist or cannot be used]
例: Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war.
該城的大部分老城區都在戰爭中被炸毀了
decimate (V.) 毀滅; 大量殺戮; 大幅削減
[to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely]
例: Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.
瀕臨動物的數量已經大幅減少
mow down (V.) 殺死; 撞死(某人)
[to kill people, usually in large numbers, by shooting them or driving a vehicle into them]
例: Three shoppers were mown down this afternoon when a drunken driver lost control of his car.
今天下午一名醉酒司機駕車失控,撞死三名購物者
cut back/down (V.) 減少; 削減; 縮減
[to do less of something or use something in smaller amounts]
例: The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10% next year.
政府宣布了明年國防開支縮減10%的計畫
例: I’m trying to cut down on caffeine.
我在努力減少咖啡因的攝入量
slay (V.) (以暴力) 殺死; 殘殺
[to kill in a violent way]
例: St George slew the dragon.
聖喬治殺死了那條龍
(以上字典來自: google.com | dictionary.cambridge.org )