59. There is every reason to believe the trend will continue through the next few decades.
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there is every reason to do sth.意为“有充分的理由做某事”,与have every reason for/to do sth.相近。如:I have every reason to stay in my own house. 我有充分的理由待在我自己的房子里。
decade意为“十年,十年间”,而表示“数十年”可用其复数形式decades。
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听力考试中类似decade的数词还有:dozen(一打,12个),score(20),这两个词在用法上有相似性。
dozen和score的前面有数词修饰时,一般不用复数。如:
1) three dozen eggs 三打鸡蛋
2) They bought two score bottles of the beer. 他们买了40瓶啤酒。
当dozen和score表示“许多,大量”等数量上的泛指时,要用复数形式,即dozens/scores of。如:
dozens of times 几十次 scores of years ago 许多年前
与a few, some, several, many等表示不确定数量的词连用时,dozen和score常用复数形式,且后面要加of。如:
some dozens of people 几十个人 many scores of cattle 许多家畜
若修饰代词或有the, these, those等限定词时,dozen和score之后要加介词of。如:
a dozen of these oranges 一打橙子 four score of them 他们中的80个