数 词

数词

范围特点实例

1~12 无规律one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve

13~19 以teen为结尾thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen

20~90 以ty结尾twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety

21~99 十位与个位之间要加连字符“-” twenty-five, sixty-five, ninety-nine

101~999 百位与十位之间通常用and three hundred and twenty-five（美语中常将and省略）千以上6275—six thousand two hundred and seventy-five；1200—twelve hundred

（二）序数词：表示顺序的数词为序数词，它的构成如下表：

范围特点实例

1~19 各基数词尾加th 其中七个例外：first, second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, 其余，如：four — forth, six — sixth, nineteen — nineteenth

20,30~90 把y变i后加eth twentieth, fortieth, ninetieth

21以后多位数最后一个数用序数词，其余用基数词21st —twenty-first, 110th —one hundred and tenth

（三）数词的用法：

1.英语中年月日、点钟、序数词、分数词、算式列表

示例英语表示法

2001．6．30 June 30,2001 30June,2001 30thJune, 2001

7：25 seven twenty-five twenty-five past even

12:54 twelve fifty four six to one

9:15 nine fifteen a quarter past nine

2:30 two thirty half past two

21:50 twenty-one fifty 9:50p.m.

第21 twenty-first

第123 one hundred and twenty-third

a half

two and two-fifths

20% 20 per cent 20 percent

第七路公共汽车Bus Number Seven

第201房间Room 201

人民路153号153 Renmin Road

4+8 =12 Four plus eight is twelve

11-7=4 Eleven minus seven is four.

6×5=30 Six times five is thirty.

20÷5=4 twenty divided by five is four.

A＞B A is more than B.

A＜B A is less than B.

A≈B A is approximately (近似地, 大约)equals to B.

A≠B A is not equal to B.

2.约数表示法列表

含义英语表达例句

大于某数more than He has lived here for more than twenty years.

over she is over fifty.

or more There're thirty people or more in the meeting-room.

小于某数less than I have less than (not more than )fifty dollars.

under Children under seven are not allowed to enter.

below He would not sell it for below a hundred fifty dollars.

or less The coat might cost him sixty dollars or less.

大约（某数）nearly She is nearly fifty now.

almost Its almost three o'clock.

up to Up to ten men can sleep in this tent.

or He spent four or five days writing the article.

or so The distance is twenty miles or so.

some Their team has some four or five players.

more or less The container can hold more or less twenty pounds of water.

around/round Let's make it round/around eight o'clock.

3.不定数量词“多”的表示法列表

被修饰名词的数英语表达汉译

修饰可数名词dozens of 几十、许多

scores of 许多

many, a good(great) many, many a (饰单数可数名词) 许多、大量

hundreds of 数以百计

thousands of ,thousands upon thousands of 成千上万

millions of 数百万

billions of 亿万

修饰不可数名词much , a great (good)deal of ,

a large amount of ,large amounts of 许多、大量

修饰可数名词或不可数名词 a lot of /lots of ,plenty of, a large quantity of ,

large quantities of 许多、大量

练习、数词

1. Two __died of cold last winter.

A. hundreds old people

B. hundred old people

C. hundreds old peoples

D. hundred old peoples

2. He was only in__ at the time.

A. his 20's

B. the 20's

C. his twenties

D. the twenties

3. The two great men wrote those letters in__ .

A. 1870's

B. 1879s

C. the 1870's

D. the 1870

4. I wonder if I can ask him__ time.

A. four

B. fourth

C. the fourth

D. a fourth

5. He came out__ in the track events.

A. first

B. one

C. the first

D. the one

6. It was in 1939 that __broke out.

A. World War Second

B. the World War Second

C. Second World War

D. World War II

7. You'll have to spend __writing your report here.

A. one day or two days

B. one day or two

C. a day or two

D. two days or one

8. He cut the cake__ .

A. in halves

B. in half

C. into halves

D. into half