二、表示度量等的復(fù)合形容詞

基數(shù)詞可與名詞 (一般用單數(shù)) 構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞表示時間、度量等，例如：

1. 年齡。如：

The marrow donor is her 14-month-old sister. 骨髓捐獻者是她14個月大的妹妹。

She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控誘拐一個6個月大的孩子。

I don’t think most nine-year-old children have their teeth brushed. 我想大多數(shù)9歲的孩子不會讓別人幫著刷牙。

She didn’t want her fourteen-year-old daughter coming home at all hours of the morning. 她不希望自己14歲的女兒凌晨才回家。

2. 面積 / 體積 / 容積。如：

This model is powered by a 1.8-litre petrol engine. 這一型號用1.8 升汽油發(fā)動機驅(qū)動。

The 77,000-acre estate contains five of the highest peaks in Scotland. 7.7萬英畝的私人土地上有5座蘇格蘭最高的山峰。

3. (持續(xù))時間 / 距離。如：

The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully. 對這所學(xué)校的7 小時武裝包圍平安結(jié)束了。

Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day ceasefire. 在停火兩天后，今天那里爆發(fā)了激烈的戰(zhàn)斗。

NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence. 美國航空航天局已經(jīng)啟動了一個為期10年的尋找外星人的項目。

His salary was obscene for three 40-minute shows a week. 他一周只有3次節(jié)目，每次40分鐘，但他的薪水實在高得離譜。

4. 長度 / 深度。如：

The other car had a 3-inch lower driving seat and had its engine mounted further forward. 另外一輛車的駕駛座椅低了3英寸，引擎更加靠前。

A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower. 一個高20英尺的鋼質(zhì)角錐體將被吊起，安裝在塔的頂部。

5. 價格 / 價值。如：

I’ll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer. 我將收取500美元的定金。

The multibillion-dollar fitness industry rakes in fat profits from our hunger to look good. 數(shù)十億美元的健身產(chǎn)業(yè)利用我們的愛美之心賺取巨額利潤。

7. 重量。如：

a ten-stone man 一位體重140磅的男子

a five-kilo bag of flour 一個5公斤的面粉袋

He caught a 6.28-pound salmon in the annual fishing derby at Lake Winnipesaukee. 他在溫尼珀索基湖舉行的一年一度的釣魚比賽中釣到了一條重 6.28 磅的鮭魚。

注：序數(shù)詞也可以用于復(fù)合形容詞。如：

The shop deals in second-hand books. 這家商店經(jīng)營二手書籍。

Both players both won their first-round matches in aggressive style. 兩名選手均以進攻性風(fēng)格在他們的第一輪比賽中獲勝。

Year after year they wheel out the same third-rate celebrities to entertain us. 年復(fù)一年，他們反復(fù)用同樣的三流名演員為我們助興。

The museum has unusually rich holdings of seventeenth-century Italian art. 這個博物館收藏有極為豐富的17世紀(jì)意大利藝術(shù)品。

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