用作名词,具体用法如下:[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te XnB`3K(@ui~ncFroG]
(1) population意为“人口”、“人数”,作主语时,其前应用定冠词修饰,这时,谓语动词一般用单数形式。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te =#!k8d]V7CM�n*8\FroG]
(2) 如果population前有分数或百分数修饰,作主语时,其谓语动词通常用复数形式。例如:[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te w]FraW`W3tl*vg:d-FroG]
Two thirds (About 67 percent) of the population of the city are workers. 这座城市人口的三分之二是工人。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te =m8
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(3) 虽然population是个集合名词,其前可以加不定冠词a,但没有复数形式,常用于句式“have a (large, small) population of...”。例如:[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te 6I+=W3PAt^=eVBHFroG]
The population of Canada is about 32 million... = Canada has a population of about 32 million. 加拿大的人口大约是三千两百万。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te H
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(4) 如果就population提问“人口有多少”时,疑问词要使用what,而不能使用how many或how much。例如:[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te uG4vmK�,"KF(gr3')&_FroG]
[误] How many / much population is there in Japan?[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te zNyAc*[' 9HGJx?FroG]
[正] What is the population of Japan?[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te l_h{D%&6dy1Vn6UFroG]