The number of后面所用的名詞為復數(shù)，但謂語動詞用單數(shù)。eg.The number of the students in our school is three hundred.

the number of用法及例句

the number of…意思是“……的數(shù)字/數(shù)目”，介詞of同其后名詞構(gòu)成介詞短語，修飾the number.當它作主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)。

1、The number of business failures has risen.

企業(yè)倒閉的數(shù)量增加了。

2、The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96.

獨立公司的數(shù)量從198個減少到了96個。

3、The drug increases the number of red cells in the blood, enhancing oxygen uptake by 10 percent.

這種藥增加了血液里的紅細胞數(shù)量，從而將攝氧量提高了10%。

4、The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month.

上個月，波蘭的失業(yè)人數(shù)增長超過了1/4。

5、After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.

經(jīng)過11天的生長后，對新芽的數(shù)量進行了計數(shù)。