序数词前不用定冠词的情况
⒈ 表示顺序的语气很弱,具有"又一""再一"的意思时,其前要用不定冠词,不用定冠词。
如:He cast the net a second time.
A third bullet passed.
⒉ 序数词前己有指示代词、物主代词、名词所有格或every时,不用定冠词。
如:He made his frist set in an old box.
⒊ 在表示分数的序数词前不用定冠词。
如:From then on Bashi tourer three-fourths of Beijng.
Two-thirds of the area is covered by trees.
⒋ 数词与名词构成复合名词时,不用定冠词。
如:There is a first-class hotel over there.
He went toa second-hand bookshop.
⒌ 在一些由序数词构成的固定词组里不用定冠词。
如:at first
first of all
from first to last
数词的功能
⒈ 表小数、分数和百分数
① 小数点读作 point,零读zero或nought。小数点后的数字按个位基数词依次读出。
如:3.4→three point four
0.2→zero(nought)point two
0.03→zero point zerothree
3.458→three point four five eight
② 百分数由基数词后直接加percent(per cent构成。
如:20%→20 percent
③ 分数由基数词(分子)和序数词(分母)合成。分子大于1时,表分母的序数词要用复数形式。
如:1/3-→one/a third
2/3→two thirds
但1/2一般用a/one half;
1/4用a/one quarter或one fourth。
④ 表示几分之几(或百分之几)的人或物时,须在分数(或百分数)和人或物间加of。若充当主语,谓语动词的数须与of后的名词的数保持一致。
如:One third of the students are girls.1的学生是女生。