two thirds of population后面的谓语用单数还是复数呀?
问题描述:
two thirds of population后面的谓语用单数还是复数呀?
答
对population的试题,应注意以下几点:
1. 其前不能用数词修饰,也不能与many, few之类的词连用,指人口“多、少”用large, small;表示“某地拥有多少人口”,一般用“have a population of+基数词”.
The population of this city is very large.
中国现有13多亿人口.
China has a population of more than thirteen hundred million now.
2. 问某地的人口数,通常用what 或how large.
What/How large is the population of Europe? 欧洲有多少人口?
3. population指“人口”总称,是集合名词,常用单数.作主语,其谓语动词可以用单数,侧重整体;也可用复数,侧重个体.
Half the world’s population doesn’t get enough to eat. 世界有一半人口没有足够的食物吃.
One third of the population here are workers.这里三分之一的人是工人.(指不同的地区、时期、民族的人口时,可用复数形式.