unit 17 数词的翻译.pptVIP

一、表示刚好 常用的词：cool, exactly, flat, just, sharp, whole， clear等 The physician treated cool 30 patients that day.(正好） The machine worked for ten whole days.（整整） 这架飞机8点整起飞。The plane takes off at 8 o’clock sharp. 4. 这条导线刚好20米长。 The wire measures exact twenty meters.二、表示范围：大约、不确定 由or so, more or less, about, some , around, nearly, nearly, close to , in/of/on the border of 等词修饰数字表大约。 现在已将近4点了。It is nearly/ towards 4 o’clock. 2. 我要100本书左右。 I want a hundred books or so. 3. I must have given him two hundred pounds more or less. 4. The price of this new machine is in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars.由from, between, early, mid, late, during等词所组成的范围 from 40 to 50 percent/ between 40 and 50 percent. The energy converted into useful work by the best steam locomotive is from 12 to 13 percent. In the 1950sduring the fiftiesthe early/ mid/late 1980’s More 用单数表范围 Ten to one十之八九 Nine cases out of ten十之八九 By the million大量的 A thousand and one无数的 用复数表范围 By the hundreds/thousands 数以百计 Hundreds of thousands of几十万；无数的 Thousands upon thousands成千上万 Millions upon millions of千百万 Tens / decades of数十 Dozens of几打；几十 Scores of好几十 三、表示多于: long, odd , or more, more than, above, over , past, higher than, exceed, in excess of, a long thousand miles 一千多英里eight odd miles八十多英里over/ above one hundred pounds一百多磅2.我花了两个多小时才把功课做完。 It took more than two hours to finish my homework. 3. 这辆车已经行驶了一千多英里。 The car has run a long thousand miles. 四、表示少于：or less, less (than ), below, no more than, under, short of, off, to, within , as few as One hundred dollars or less. 不超过100美元less than/ under/below one hundred dollars. 2. 他们花了三年差一个月研制这种新材料。It took one month less than three years for them to develop the new material. The people present are under 40 percent.到场的人不足40% 五、惯用法 By/in twos and threes 三三两两 By ones or twos三三两两，零零落落地 A few tenths of有几成 At sixes and sevens乱七八糟 On second thought重新考虑 The second half后一半 Twenty to one十有八九 Two over three三分之二 In two twos立即，转眼 Fifty-fifty各半，平均地 By hundred