问
（a）The personnel are unhappy about these changes. (LDCE)
(b) The personnel has been greatly increased in their office. personnel 用作主语时,其谓语动词到底是用单数,还是用复数?
答
参见 audience, committee, crew。
personnel
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问
Five airline personnel died in the plane crash.
在飞机失事中有五名航空公司的职员丧生。
personnel 是个集合名词,怎么能与数词连用呢?
答
personnel 除作“某个机构的全体工作人员”解之外,还可作“工作人员们”解。在后一用法下,personnel 可与数词连用:
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3,000 military personnel 3,000 名军事人员
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It is a large university with 3,000 personnel. 这是一所拥有3,000名工作人员的大学。ade