辛沛沛NO-BOOK 辛沛沛口语初级版 Lesson 162 A Number of

 

Lesson 162  A Number of

1. I have been here quite a number of years.

2. A number of books are missing¹ from the library.

3. I have a number of reasons to do so.

4. We have to employ a number of people to pick apples for us.

5. The surface of the earth is made up of a number of different plates.

6. A number of workers were fired.

7. A number of problems have arisen.

8. A large number of people have finished their work.

1 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。