This noun appears in the singular form, never in the plural form.

这个单词只有单数形式，没有复数形式。

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Though it appears in the singular form, it takes a plural predicate verb.

虽然形式上是单数，它必须跟复数的谓语动词。

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English people use the singular form of the noun in expressions of that sort.

英国人在这类词组中，常用名词的单数。

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It would be great if the word (economic) cycle only existed in a singular form, and the only cycle we had in the economy was happy expansion.

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And if it has not, the knowledge that both this group and one in Mexico are close to finding the genes which give the new form of maize its singular advantage should certainly do so.

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