



1 序数词与the连用
明确指出先后顺序或一系列事物按照一定的规律排列时,序数词前要加 定冠词the 。当序数词前有 形容词性物主代词 或 名词所有格 时则省略the.
=Tom made the mistake for the third time.
It was Tom's third time to make the mistake.
这是汤姆第三次出错。
2 序数词与a/an连用
序数词前加a/an表示“又一,再一”。
=Even though the Greens have three children, they still want a fourth one.
尽管格林夫妇已有三个孩子,可他们还想再要一个。
3 序数词前冠词的省略
并列使用两个序数词时,后一个序数词前的冠词可省略。
=the twentieth and twenty-first centuries 20世纪和21世纪
4 固定搭配
first of all 首先
at first 起初