The subject of a sentence and its verb must agree in number.

句子的主语和动词的数必须一致。

In French the adjective must agree with the noun in number and gender.

法语中形容词必须在数和性上与名词一致。

There were forty camels in the caravan, and the mules were twice forty in number.

商队有四十匹骆驼，骡子的数量则是骆驼的两倍。

Considering these facts, the possibilities for breakdowns in communication seem infinite in number.

考虑到这些事实，从数字来看，交流中出现崩溃的可能性似乎无穷无尽。

European languages, when traced back to their earlier version, are very poor in number words and expressions.

追溯欧洲语言的早期版本，关于数字的词汇和表达非常贫乏。

Besides, I am more tired of waking up on these fine autumn mornings to find even the apples on my side of the fence is much less in number.

此外，我更厌倦了在这些晴朗的秋日早晨醒来却发现甚至是我这一边的篱笆上的苹果也少得多。

The word 'men' is plural in number.

men一词是复数形式。

Ten—the age of Annemarie in Number the Stars—is an age when young people are beginning to develop a strong set of personal ethics.

十岁——《数星星》中安妮玛丽的年龄——是孩子们开始形成一套稳固的个人道德准则的年纪。

Instead of human being's counting error, which only results one or two counting error in number, an error in the program code could cause tramendous error in number.

人类的计数错误只会导致一到两个数字错误，而程序代码中的一个错误可能会导致数字上的严重错误。

We are sixty in number.

我们一共60人。

They are few in number.

它们在数量上很少。

These types should be several in number.

这些类型共有几种。

The population increased in number threefold.

种群的数量增加了三倍。

Atheism and agnosticism are increasing in number.

无神论者和不可知论者的数量越来越多。

The verb agrees with its subject in number and person.

动词的数和人称与主语一致。

Hunting-grounds, happy or not, are fewer in number.

无论快乐还是不快乐的猎场，总数都更少了。

The members of a collegial panel shall be odd in number.

合议庭的成员人数应当是单数。

The best goals are clear in number and specific in focus.

好的目标既要数目明确又要清晰具体。

Now that these bees are reducing in number, does that affect us?

现在那些蜜蜂在数量上有所减少，这会影响我们么？

The creatures are declining in number, primarily because of habitat loss.

这种动物的数量正在由于栖息地的消失而日益减少。

Such attacks have grown in number and seriousness over the past two years.

在过去的两年中这类攻击事件的数量不断增加并且严重程度也加剧。

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

当时，他们人丁有限，数目稀少，并且在那地为寄居的。

What the plumes lacked in strength, however, they made up for in number.

尽管近鸟龙的羽毛缺少强度，但是它们通过数量来弥补。

They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

他们在那里置了产业，并且生育甚多。