seventy
seventy — number
1. the value 70, used before a noun to say how many things or people there are
the value 70, used before a noun to say how many things or people there are
The hotel has seventy rooms available for guests.
seventy + noun for counting rooms
Hamza invited over seventy people to his wedding party.
over seventy for approximate amounts
The charity collected more than seventy thousand dollars this year.
It takes about seventy minutes to drive from the station to the airport.
Seventy students from our school passed the final exam.
文法句型
seventy + noun
常見錯誤
seventy — noun
1. the figure or word 70, when you talk about it as the name of a number
the figure or word 70, when you talk about it as the name of a number
If you multiply seven by ten, the answer is seventy.
seventy as the result of a calculation
Can you write the number seventy in words on this form?
Seventy is an even number that can be divided by ten.
The teacher asked the class to count from sixty to seventy.
文法句型
the number seventy
用法筆記
Unlike the number sense, this sense treats 'seventy' as a countable noun (e.g., 'a seventy' is possible but rare). It is most common in arithmetic or when naming the figure itself.
2. the ages, years, or amounts that are between 70 and 79
the ages, years, or amounts that are between 70 and 79
Adaeze's grandfather is in his seventies and still very active.
in his/her + seventies for age
The temperature stayed in the low seventies all week long.
Harper grew up in the nineteen-seventies in a small town.
House prices in this area are now in the mid-seventies.
Rohan's grandmother is in her late seventies and still travels.
文法句型
in + possessive + seventies
the + seventies
用法筆記
Always used in the plural form 'seventies'. Commonly follows a possessive pronoun ('his', 'her', 'my', 'their') for age, or the definite article ('the') for decades or temperature ranges. Can be modified by 'early', 'mid-', or 'late' to specify a narrower part of the range.