London has a population of ten million.
题目
London has a population of ten million.
伦敦有一千万人口.
为什么一千万人口还用单数啊?
这里是population和million是不是都应该用复数啊?
答案
因为 a population of 是固定搭配,表示人口是多少
millions of 解释为“数以百万”的.
但是,如果具体地说出二百万、五百万等,则 million 后没有 s ,也不用 of:
例如:two million smokers.
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