a. 表示數量的代名詞 (如one、two、some、many、a few等) + of + the/these/those/代名詞所有格 (如your、my、John's等) + 複數名詞
……其中的……
例: One of his hobbies is collecting stamps.
(他的愛好之一就是集郵。)
Five of the students failed the exam.
(這些學生之中有五位沒考及格。)
Many of these ideas do not work.
(這些主意中有許多行不通。)
Some of John's friends are good at
singing.
(約翰的朋友有一些很會唱歌。)
b. by taxi 乘坐計程車
介詞by之後可置表示交通工具的名詞如taxi、train (火車)、bus (公車)、car (小汽車)、plane (飛機)、ship (船)等, 表示『乘坐某種交通工具』的意思。這些名詞之前不可再置定冠詞the或不定冠詞a/an。
例: We came here by the bus. (╳)
→We came here by bus. (○)
(我們是搭乘公車來的。)
He decided to go there by a taxi. (╳)
→He decided to go there by taxi. (○)
(他決定乘坐計程車到那兒去。)
Will he come by a train or by a plane? (╳)
→Will he come by train or by plane? (○)
(他會坐火車來還是坐飛機來?)
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