關於相似詞語辨析
fifty dollars in notes,a fifty-dollar note
Fifty dollars in notes的意思是鈔票數張,共計五十元。dollars是可數名詞,故在詞尾加-s.a fifty-dollar note 是一張五十元的鈔票,這裏的dollar作定語用,故其後不加-s.
通過下列句子的比較,可以進一步看出它們的差別:
I gave him a twenty-dollar note.
我給他一張二十元的鈔票。
I gave him twenty dollars in notes.
我給他鈔票若干張,共計二十元。
There are ten fifty-dollar notes on the desk.
桌上有十張五十元的鈔票。
There are five hundred dollars in notes on the desk.
桌上有共值五百元的`鈔票若干張。
請注意,He has changed his note.的意思是他已改變語調,不是他已換了鈔票,如要表達此意,應該說:
He has changed the banknotes.
在change ones note中,note作態度或口氣解;在change ones banknotes中,note作鈔票解。在下面一語中,我們也要注意note的涵義:to compare notes是交換意見,不是對比鈔票或覈對筆記。