No fewer than twenty workers were absent through illness.

上文中的主语中心词是什么？谢谢老师的回答。

【答】是workers。我们把No fewer than twenty 这个数字，视为限定词修饰workers。在No fewer than twenty 中，又包含着比较结构，最好将其整体看待（“不少于20”），不建议细分。举例：

No fewer than twenty girls showed up at the party. 不少于二十个女生出现在那场舞会。

No fewer than one thousand were present. 出席者不下千人。

There were no fewer than a thousand cars on the road. 有不下一千辆汽车在路上。

His mistakes in composition are no fewer than yours. 他作文中的错误和你的一样多。

There are no fewer than a thousand people at the festival. 参加节日活动的人不下一千。

No fewer than ten thousand people went to the Ocean Park yesterday. 昨天到海洋公园去的不少于一万人。

He owned no fewer than four handlooms and employed apprentices. 他有四台之多的手工织布机,还雇了几个学徒。

No fewer than 10 students were absent through illness. 因病而缺课的学生不下十名。