初中英語數詞誤用評析

1.她的獨生女兒在山東大學學法律。

誤：Her only one daughter studies law at Shandong University.

正：Her only daughter studies law at Shandong University.

析：only作形容詞，置于單數名詞之前，意為“惟一的、僅有的”，one是多余的。

2.他們將在一兩天內返回。

誤：They will return in one or two day.

正：They will return in a day or two (或one or two days).

析：in a day or two一兩天內是固定詞組，用a不用one。

3.我已完成了三分之二的工作量。

誤：I have done two-third of the work.

正：I have done two-thirds of the work.

析：分數表達：一般采用“分子（用基數詞）+連字號（可省略）+分母（用序數詞+s，分子是one時不加s）。

4.這些學生是20世紀末出生的。

誤：These students were born at the end of the twenty century.

誤：These students were born at the end of twentieth century.

正：These students were born at the end of the twentieth century.

析：第幾世紀用the+序數詞+century表示。

5.這是一座20層的大樓。

誤：This is a twenty-stories building.

正：This is a twenty-story building.

析：“數詞+連字符+單數名詞”構成復合形容詞。

6.我爸爸曾經去過那兒一兩次。

誤：My father has been there one time or two times.

正：My father has been there once or twice.

析：一次用once，兩次用twice，三次或以上用數詞+times。

7.我們的作業已完成一半。

誤：Our half homework is done.

正：Half our homework is done.

析：half our homework是half of our homework的省略式。

8.這是8號房間。

誤：It is 8 Room.

正：It is Room 8.

析：編號一般用“名詞+基數詞”表示。

9.他們已經學完了前三課。

誤：They have studied the three first lessons.

正：They have studied the first three lessons.

析：序數詞應放在基數詞前。

10.我步行到學校要花一個半小時。

誤：It takes me one and a half hour to get to school on foot.

正：It takes me one and a half hours to get to school on foot.

析：句中的hour要用復數形式。再如：one and a half months一個半月。

11.他們三三兩兩地來了。

誤：They arrived by two and three.

正：They arrived by twos and threes.

析：基數詞可用作可數名詞復數，用于某些固定詞組中。