大學(xué)英語相似詞辨析(72):fiftydollarsinnotes,afifty-dollarnot

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fifty dollars in notes,a fifty-dollar note  
    Fifty dollars in notes的意思是“鈔票數(shù)張,共計(jì)五十元”。dollars是可數(shù)名詞,故在詞尾加-s。a fifty-dollar note 是“一張五十元的鈔票”,這里的dollar作定語用,故其后不加-s。
    通過下列句子的比較,可以進(jìn)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(jì)二十元??荚嚧?BR>    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(diào)”,不是“他已換了鈔票”,如要表達(dá)此意,應(yīng)該說:
    He has changed the banknotes.
    在“change one’s note”中,note作“態(tài)度”或“口氣”解;在“change one’s 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“核對筆記”。>