“population”表示“人口”并單獨作主語時，謂語動詞一般只用單數(shù)不用復數(shù)?！皃opulation” 前面出現(xiàn)分數(shù)，百分數(shù)或不定代詞most，half 等時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)或復數(shù)均可，而單數(shù)更常見些。

population做主語的時候謂語動詞用單數(shù)還是復數(shù)

The population of the earth is increasing very fast.

其中population作主語，謂語動詞用了單數(shù)形式。但是，在下面一句中，動詞卻用了復數(shù)：

One third of the population here are workers.

Population

1. “population”表示“人口”并單獨作主語時，謂語動詞一般只用單數(shù)不用復數(shù)。如：

What was the population of Europe in 1900? 1900年歐洲的人口是多少?

Do you know what the population of Japan is?

Between 1850 and 1950, more than thirty million people went from Europe to live in the U.S.A., but the populations of North and South America together.

2.“population” 前面出現(xiàn)分數(shù)，百分數(shù)或不定代詞most，half 等時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)或復數(shù)均可，而單數(shù)更常見些。如：

In 1970,26.5 percent of the U.S.A. population was rural. 美國人口的26.5%在農(nóng)村地區(qū)。

Australia is a very large country. But most of the population is in the south-east past.

One half of the world’s population are Asians. 世界人口的一半是亞洲人。

85%of the population live in cities and towns. Only 15% live in the countryside.

2. population 的另一個意思是“某地區(qū)的居民，群眾” (the people living in an area)， 從意思上看它表示復數(shù)概念，但我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在它后面人仍然用單數(shù)動詞：

The population in these villages has to get its water from wells. 這些村子里的居民只好從井中吸水。

There 50 per cent or more of the population is illiterate.在那里，文盲的比例達到或超過了百分之五十。

Most of the population is under-nourished.大多數(shù)居民營養(yǎng)不良。

population用法

用法1：population的基本意思是人口,還可指居住在某地的全體居民,作主語時謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式; 在表示人口多少時,用large和small修飾。特指某一地區(qū)或某一國家的人口時,則前常加冠詞the。

用法2：population用作可數(shù)名詞,表示一個地區(qū)的特定人群動物群時,其前常加定冠詞the。

用法3：population是集合名詞,有時可加不定冠詞,有時可用復數(shù)形式。