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dozen, score, hundred等词的用法 Mr. Smith_me to buy several_ eggs for the dinner party. A. askeddozen B. suggesteddozens of C. haddozen D. persuadeddozenShortly after the accident, two police were sent to the spot to keep order. A.dozen of B. dozens C.dozen D. dozens of (MET92) 这两道题均选自高考题,都有一定的难度，原因在于dozen， score等词在中学英语中复现率不高,用法又很复杂，一般语法书和词典说明又过于简单。为此，我们特写本文见它们的用法特点作一归纳。 49 1.在与不定冠词连用时，dozen等词后面常省略of，直接跟名词:若是人称代词，或名词前有指示词和物主代词(如:these，our等),则不能省略of。例如： a dozen people a dozen sheets of paper He had come half a dozen times to call upon his sister. 他来看望他姐姐已有六七次了。 You cannot enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. I cannot give you a hundred reasons for not going. 我可以给你列出一百条不去的理由。 a dozen of us a dozen of those apples a dozen of your eggs be six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两；差不多 下面是没有省略of 的用法： a score of eggs 二十只鸡蛋 a score of people 二十个人 a score of reasons 种种理由 2Dozen，score，hundred等词前面有数词修饰时，一般不用复数。例如： two dozen eggs两打鸡蛋 three/five dozen pencils三/五打铅笔 three score and ten eggs five thousand people She had at least four hundred lovers.她至少有四百情人。 They sole three dozen copies of the magazine.他们卖了三打杂志。We need three dozen boxes.我们需要三打箱子。在修饰指示代词或带有指使代词的名词时，dozen等词的后面要加of：I want three dozen of these.这东西我要三打。英语搭配大词典和英语用法问题解答（增订本）中分别出现了 “two score of eggs”和“five score of herring”这样的用例，这似乎说明可以在dozen，score 等词后面用of。但这与文前92年高考题又相矛盾。若能这样用，则A亦为正确答案。但是，英语用法问题解答（增订本）下面的观点可供参考：“事实上，在现代英语中，表是twenty（二十）的数词score 的使用范围非常有限，只有在一些以score 计数的货品名称之前才 用，如five score of herring（一百条鲱鱼）。至于其他名词，即使偶尔使用，50也应注意不可用于of结构，比如，虽然有时偶尔可以说，There were not above two score people present。（出席人数不超过四十），但是一般不可说there were not above two score of people present。3.修饰语是some，several 等表示不确定数量的词，则dozen，several等常用复数形式，且要加of。例如：some dozens of animalsseveral dozens of port winesome dozens of people 几十个人many dozens of cattle许多家畜several hundreds of persons几百人some thousands of books 几千本书“several hundreds/thousands of”中的hundreds，thousands亦可改为单数，其中的of也可省去。例如：several hundred of foreign visitors 几百位外宾several thousand of visitors数千名来访者It cost several thousand pounds.这花了好几千英镑。This antique is worth several hundred pounds.这件古董值好几百英镑。应当注意以下两点：1）some dozens of people 意为“几十个人”，而some,dozen(of) people则表示“about a dozen people”,意为“大约十来个人”。2）several score of them中的of 不可省略，因为后面是代词。4.在表示不定数量时，dozen，score，hundred 等须与of 连用。例如：dozens of times =many times许多次scores of years ago许多年前scores of visitors一大批来访者hundreds of people数百人tens of thousands of people数万人hundreds of thousands of people数十万人millions of people数百万人the first twenty or thirty pages of many of then had their margins filled with pencilled notes and there were dozens of words and phrases underlined.其中许多的书头二，三十页的边上都用铅笔写满了批注，还有许多单词和短语的下面划了线。51Ive been there dozens of times.那地方我去过几十次了。 He planned to buy dozens of reference books.他计划买几十本参考书。 Ive been there scores of time. Scores of people attended the special performance.Ive seen it hundreds of times.5.dozen，score，hundred等还常与by，in等介词连用，构成固定短语。例如：Tommy ate cookies by the dozen.Be sold by the thousand(s)数以千计，大批大批地By the hundred(s)数以百计；大批大批地They are sold by the hundred.这些东西以百为单位（大批大批地）出售The ants arrived at the picnic by the hundreds.成群的蚂蚁来到野餐的地方。Pack them in dozens.The birds flock together by (the) thousands.The disease killed men by scores.这种病使大批大批的人丧生。Pack them in dozens.把它们按打包起来。They came in thousands.他们成千上万地涌来。6.在下面的例子中，million，hundred 的用法完全