新概念3, lesson 26 , manufactures

2个问题:

1. During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.

这句话的主语 a company of biscuit manufacturers 是否相当于 one company of biscuit manufacturers, 解释为:一个饼干生产商主语应该是单数的吧?为什么后句用复数的宾格them 代词 their 呢?

2. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they ......

从全文理解,支付巨额奖金的应该是特指的一个饼干生产商,为什么这里要用复数主语 the manufacturers 呢?

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刘永科   - 教育出版集团英语总顾问 & 英语系列图书主编
擅长:语法理论,语言学,文化背景

1. During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.

这句话的主语 a company of biscuit manufacturers 是否相当于 one company of biscuit manufacturers, 解释为:一个饼干生产商主语应该是单数的吧?为什么后句用复数的宾格them 代词 their 呢?

——them 指复数的 biscuits;their 是 manufacturers 的物主代词。网友学学公司和生产厂家的关系,即可解决此问题。多个生产厂家组成一个公司,或者一个公司下辖几家生产商。

2. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they ......

从全文理解,支付巨额奖金的应该是特指的一个饼干生产商,为什么这里要用复数主语 the manufacturers 呢?

——这里仍然指公司下辖的多个生产厂家,而不是一个公司。

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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

这里 a company of = a group of后接复数名词。

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凡哥英语   - 归师
擅长:英语

a company of...

(一家) 饼干生产商;


send them (= biscuits) to their (=biscuits') factory.


比如把兄弟俩(复数)送到他们的(复数)父亲(单数)那儿去。

Send the kids to their father.


至于网友第二问题,想一想“本公司秉承顾客至上的经营理念”的本公司,是一家公司,还是两家公司?当然是一家公司。但是英文经常说:

We believe in ...

用we(复数)指代所在的公司(单数)。这个和网友第二题的实质是一样的。


一家之言,仅供参考。

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