pound的用法與可數(shù)性及復(fù)數(shù)形式
1. 用作重量單位,表示“磅”,可用單數(shù)形式表示復(fù)數(shù)(尤其是其后接有數(shù)詞時)。如:
Two pound(s) of apples, please. 我要兩磅蘋果。
表示“按磅出售”,用 by the pound。如:
Tea is sold by the pound. 茶葉按磅出售。
2. 用作貨幣單位,表示“鎊”“英鎊”,其復(fù)數(shù)一般要加-s,是如果其后接有數(shù)詞時,其復(fù)數(shù)也可以不加詞尾-s。如:
The ticket costs only two pound(s) fifty. 票價只兩鎊半。
She paid two pounds or perhaps two pound(s) ten. 她付了2英鎊或許2英鎊10便士。