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[] No. )( often used with another noun常与另一名词连用 ) a number used to identify sth or to communicate by telephone, etc. （电话等的）号码 ◆ Give me your number and I'll call you back. 把电话号码给我，我会给你回电话。 ◆ Please enter the number of the credit card you wish to use. 请输入你想使用的信用卡卡号。 ◆ My account number is 002345. 我的账号是 002345。 ⨁ a credit-card / fax / registration / telephone number信用卡／传真／注册／电话号码 ⨁ an account / invoice / order number账号；发票／订单号码
[] a quantity of people or things 数量；数额 ◆ A large number of people have applied for the job. 许多人已申请了这份工作。 ◆ The number of companies working in this industry has increased dramatically. 干这一行的公司数量急剧增加了。 ◆ Passenger numbers have been falling. 乘客人数一直在下降。 ◆ There are a number of (= some) questions I'd like to raise.我想提一些问题。 ◆ People are buying environmentally friendly cars in increasingnumbers .购买环保车的人数日渐增加。 HELP A plural verb is needed aftera/an (large, small, etc.) number of … .在 a ／ an （large、 small 等） number of …之後用复数动词。 ⨁ a large / limited / record / small number大量；少量；创纪录的数量；小量 ⨁ the total number总数 ⨁ a declining / dwindling / growing / an increasing number递减的／日益缩减的／日益上升的／日益增加的数量
[ ,] an amount, used especially when talking about how a company or the economy is working （公司、经济运行等的）数字 ◆ October's numbers were hit by poor sales earlier in the year. 十月份的数字受到了今年早些时候惨淡业绩的打击。 ◆ The company posted worse-than-expected numbers. 公司公布了低於预期的数字。 SYN figures
