请问一下:关于to+名词和of+名词作定语有什么区别。

one car to every twenty people

其中的to可以改为of吗?


单独来看,在 one car to every twenty people 中,没办法判定介词短语是定语。

你最好给出一个完整的句子来剖析。譬如依据你给出的短语,大家造一个句子:

Current estimates suggest a ratio of one car to every twenty people, and the figure is rising. 现在的估计表明,每20人有一辆车,而且这个数字在上升。

这里用介词 to,是与ratio的搭配有关,即a ratio of…to…(不可以换成of)。如:

We mixed the oil and water in a ratio of one to five. 大家以1 比5 的比率混合油和水。

Births exceeded deaths by a ratio of 3 to 1. 出生人数以3比1的比率之差超出死亡人数。