Question

When the president and his delegation left the country, of people were at the airport to .

A.thousand;seeoffthem
B.thousands;seeoffthem
C.thousand;seethemoff
D.thousands;seethemoff

Answer 1

【答案】：D
本题考查数词的用法和固定搭配。句意：当总统和他的代表团离开国家时，成千上万的人们在机场为他们送行。hundred，thousand，million等在构成“具体的数字”时不用复数形式；只有在表“概数”时才用复数形式。一般的搭配都是hundreds/thousands/millions of+名词的复数。see sb. off意为“为……送行”，当sb.为代词时，放在see和off中间。