One in…作主语时谓语动词用单数还是复数
2024-11-27 19:37:59 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
One in five pregnancies ______ (end) in miscarriage.
请问如何填?是填 end 还是填 ends?
老师答疑
沅老师:
估计参考答案是 ends,但其实填 end 也可以。
根据英语语法,当 one in 后接复数名词作主语表示“在某复数范围内有一个”时,其后的谓语动词通常用单数,但有时也用复数。比如 one in three people,它的意思是“三个人当中有一个人”,也就是“三分之一的人”。例句如:
One in three marriages ends in divorce. 有三分之一的婚姻以离婚告终。
One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers. 每七次交通事故就有一次是驾车者困倦造成的。
One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes. 全世界有1/4的人没有个像样的家。
陈老师:
One in five pregnancies ______ (end) in miscarriage.
One in five pregancies ends in miscarriage.
参考译文:仅仅只有1/5的怀孕以早产/流产而告终。
请问如何填?是填 end 还是填 ends?
解答如下:
答案填单数“ends"
在英语“若干分之一”常可写成“One in+数词”,“one out of+数词”或“one of+数词”,在One in, one out of , one of 等引导的词组作主语时谓语动词一般用单数。
One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics.
1/5的年轻人做日常的数学计算都费劲。
Onlyone in five approves of the way he leads the party.
只有五分之一的人赞同他领导人民党的方式.
In the US, one in five people suffers from severe depression.
在美国, 有五分之一的人患有严重抑郁症.
One in five is underweight.
其中有五分之一体重过轻.
Three years ago, it was one in five.
而三年前, 这个比例是五分之一.
The survey report says that one out of twenty machines is in need of repair.
这份调查报告显示1/5的极其需要维修。
Only one out of five is in operation.
仅只有1/5的生效。