成人高考英语(高起点)复习资料:名词(6)
复合形容词中的名词必须用单数
eg. two-minute ride seven five-yuan notes
a nine-foot-tall tree a three-year old三岁的小孩
a seven-day holiday七天的假期
a 200-meter-high building二百米高的大厦
注意名词所有格和复合形容词的用法
eg.二十分钟的路程 twenty minutes' walk
a twenty-minute walk
「例句」Despite the wonderful acting and well developed plot the movie could not hold our________ attention. (CET-1996,1)
A) three-hours B) three-hour C) three-hours' D) three-hour's
three-hour为复合形容词,作定语不能加's.另外,复合形容词作定语,其中名词保持单数,故A、C、D都不对。正确答案为B.三个小时的电影也可以表达为:three hours' movie .