a couple of的谓语动词
通常a couple of后面用复数名词,它的意思相当于a few.a couple of days的意思相当a few days.这类词组作主语时,谓语动词常用复数形式;
例如
A couple of/ a few days have passed.
但用于there be的句型时,因为习惯上要遵循就近一致的原则,所以一般用单数的动词形式;
例如There is a couple of vacant rooms behind the office.
\'ve only been here a couple of weeks and I don\'t really know the set-up.
我刚来几个星期,对这里的组织情况不大了解。
I\'ve seen her a couple of times before.
我以前见过她几次。
We went there a couple of years ago.
我们几年前去过那里。
I saw a couple of men get out.
我看见有两个男人出去了。