英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法:數(shù)字大小表示法
學(xué)習(xí)啦:英語(yǔ)中我們可用哪些數(shù)量詞去表示數(shù)字的大小呢?下面我們一起看看這篇《數(shù)字大小表示法》。
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twenty (或 a score of) cordless phones 20 部無(wú)繩電話
two scores of Web addresses 40個(gè)萬(wàn)維網(wǎng)址
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more than 50;over 50;above 50 五十多
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less than 50;under 50;below 50 五十來(lái)(個(gè)),不到五十,五十以下
Here came nearly fifty students. 近五十名學(xué)生來(lái)到了這里。
He was back toward (s) 9 o'clock. 他將近九點(diǎn)回來(lái)的。
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ten more days 再 10 天
First add 25 grams of salt to the water. Then add 20 more grams of salt to it. 先加25克鹽于水中,然后再加上20克鹽。
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a mile or more 一英里或一英里多些
a long mile 一英里還多
a mile or less 一英里或不到一英里
a long hour 足足一小時(shí)
a gross 一籮(=12 打或 144 個(gè))
a small gross 120 個(gè),10 打
a dozen 一打;dozens 幾十,幾打
a score 20; a score of boys 20 個(gè)男孩
scores of problems 許多問(wèn)題
a decade 十; decades 幾十
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two hundred odd (或 two odd hundred) girls 二百多個(gè)女孩
twenty odd (或 twenty-odd ) ;twenty and odd 二十多,二十有余,不到三十
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from twenty to thirty; twenty to thirty 從二十到三十
between twenty to thirty 二十到三十之間
【注 1】ten(或twenty)to one 和 two to one 是英語(yǔ)慣用語(yǔ),都作“十之八九”講,用于對(duì)某一事物的估計(jì),表示“幾乎”、“必定”等含義。
例如:
It is ten to one that she will be late. 十之八九她要遲到。
【注 2】在體育比賽場(chǎng)合下說(shuō)“two to five”,就不能理解為2到5,而應(yīng)理解為2比5。有時(shí)口語(yǔ)中 to 還可省略,但說(shuō)時(shí)中間有停頓。
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some thirty feet 大約三十英尺
= around (或<英> round) thirty feet
= about thirty feet
= thirty feet or so
approximately (或 roughly)ten miles
= towards ten miles 接近十英里或約計(jì)十英里;
in the neighborhood of thirty kilometers
= thirty kilometers or thereabout(s) 三十千米左右
It is something like four hours.
= It is more like four hours. 大概四個(gè)小時(shí)。
There are some four or five answers to this question. 這個(gè)問(wèn)題約有四五個(gè)答案。
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one hundred and fifty 150
fifty-fifty 各半,平均地
Six and six make (或 makes) twelve. 6+6=12 (= Six plus six makes twelve.)
hundreds of people 好幾百人
thousands of people 好幾千人,成千上萬(wàn)個(gè)人
tons of people 許許多多人
thousands upon thousands of people(或 hundreds of thousands of peole)成千上萬(wàn)個(gè)人,許許多多人,無(wú)數(shù)的人
a hundred and one(或 a thousand and one)other factories 許多其他工廠(注意:若用 one 代替 a ,則變?yōu)?ldquo;101和1001”)
a few hundredths of... ……的百分之幾
within a factor of ten 在一個(gè)10的數(shù)量級(jí)范圍內(nèi)
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