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grown-ups/mothers-in-law

问

Until ____ come to fetch us we'll have fun. A. the grown-up B. the grows-up C. the grown-ups D. grows-ups 不知 growns-up 和 grown-ups 哪个是正确的?

答

复合名词构成复数的最常见的方法,是将复合名词看作简单名词,而将最后一个成分变成复数:

breakdown→breakdowns close-up→close-ups grown-up→grown-ups

但是,当复合词的第一个成分为明显的中心词,而后面的成分为其修饰语时,一般是用第一个成分表示复数:

mother-in-law→mothers-in-law commander-in-chief→commanders-in-chief prisoner-of-war→prisoners-of-war

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