关于一道英语的简单题目

hundreds
of:
a.
许许多多(好几百)
例句与用法:
1.
I
who
cannot
see
find
hundreds
of
things
to
interest
me
through
mere
touch.
我自己，一个不能看见东西的人，仅仅通过触觉，都发现许许多多令我有兴趣的东西。
2.
Hundreds
of
people
were
flooded
out
when
the
river
burst
its
banks.
洪水决堤时，好几百人被迫流离失所。
3.
He
has
hundreds
of
books
but
most
of
them
hang
by
the
wall.
他有好几百本书，但大多束之高阁。
4.
The
farmer
keeps
hundreds
of
pigs
on
his
farm.
那个农场主在他的农场里养了几百头猪。
5.
The
vast
plains
stretch
for
hundreds
of
miles.
辽阔的平原绵延数百英里。
6.
Hundreds
of
soldiers
died
in
this
bloody
battle.
成百上千的战士在这场血战中牺牲。
7.
The
railway
traverses
hundreds
of
miles
of
desert.
这条铁路贯穿数百英里的沙漠。
8.
There
were
hundreds
of
slaves
in
the
plantation.
这个种植园里有数百名奴隶。

thousands
of
与
hundreds
of
相同，表示成千上万

thousands
of的用法：
这些词不与具体数字连用，而是表示不确定的泛指数时，则不仅要要用复数，而且要后接介词of，然后才能接名词。如：
The
sun
was
shining.
Thousands
of
people
were
lying
on
the
beach.
阳光灿烂，数以千计的人躺在海滩上。
A
careless
mistake
cost
the
company
millions
of
pounds.
一个粗心的错误使公司蒙受数百镑的损失。