1)Thisspecies of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.
2)Foreignfood aid has led to a drastic reduction in the numbers of people dying ofstarvation.
3)Werecord their types and changes in their numbers.
第一句innumbers, 没冠词,第二句in the numbers of有了定冠词,第三句in their numbers有了物主代词,
那样,我的问题是这种使用方法表示数目的numbers前到底需不需要加冠词或物主代词呢?
比如:我想知道老虎在数目上的变化
应该是说成:
Iwant to know the changes in numbers of the tigers 还是 thechanges in the numbers of the tigers 呢?
还是the changes in the numbers of tigers ?
哪一种才是正确的呢?
谢谢老师!
1)正确,in numbers/number 是习语,表示很多的,等于一个副词。这里单复数都对。
2)应该是in the number of people dying of starvation.我觉得这里number 应该用单数。我不知你从哪儿看到的这个句子。
3)正确,表示不一样的数字的变化。
I want to know the changes in the number of tigers. number 应该用单数,tigers前有无定冠词都对,有the,有特指含义。