"I am a fan of your programmes and have learned much, thanks! I have a question about the usage of 'dozen' and 'dozens' as in the following example, would you please explain it to me which is correct? I have several dozen of such pencils. I have several dozens of such pencils. I have several dozen such pencils. Thanks and best regards!"
Wang Jiujiang
Dozen 這個(gè)詞起源于拉丁語(yǔ)，后來(lái)被很多語(yǔ)言引進(jìn)使用，漢語(yǔ)里 dozen 這個(gè)概念被譯為“打”。在現(xiàn)代漢語(yǔ)日常對(duì)話里，這個(gè)概念常被用到。有些人說(shuō) dozen 是人類最原始的一種計(jì)數(shù)單位，用它代表十二的原因可能是因?yàn)榈厍蚶@太陽(yáng)公轉(zhuǎn)的周期是十二個(gè)月。以數(shù)字12 為基礎(chǔ)的十二進(jìn)制 duodecimal 也被認(rèn)為早在美索不達(dá)米亞時(shí)期就有了。
那么英國(guó)人在使用 dozen 這個(gè)詞時(shí)遵循哪些語(yǔ)法規(guī)則呢？在本期節(jié)目中我們給大家來(lái)舉例講解。你在生活中會(huì)遇到哪些常用 dozen 這個(gè)概念來(lái)計(jì)量的東西？在微博上告訴我們！
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