早安英文 第568期:关于英文中数字的表达

 

987,654,321

Nine hundred and eighty-seven million six hundred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-one.

10,400

ten thousand four hundred （对）

ten thousands four hundreds （错）

345

英式：three hundred and forty-five

美式：three hundred forty five

百万 = million

My hometown has 6 million people.

我家乡有6百万人。

十亿 = billion

The population of China is about 1.3 billion. How about England？

中国人口大概13亿，英国呢？

fractions¹ 分数

2/3的三种方式：

1.two-thirds

2.two over three

3.two divided by three

Generally, in British English we usually connect large numbers with double or single digit² figures with and, but in American English and is not used.

通常情况下，英式英语当中，百位和十位要加上and，而在美式英语中不用。

The facial³ mask brand I use is also used by two-thirds of my friends.

我用的这个面膜牌子，我三分之二的朋友也在用。

1 fractions   

n.分数( fraction的名词复数 )；小部分；分裂；[化学]（分）馏（部）分

参考例句：

• Difference of opinion broke up the party into fractions. 意见的分歧使这个党分裂成几个小派别。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Continuous data can be expressed in either fractions or whole numbers. 连数资料可以用分数表示，也可以用整数表示。 来自辞典例句

2 digit   

n.零到九的阿拉伯数字，手指，脚趾

参考例句：

• Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.她的电话号码和我的只差一个数字。
• Many animals have five digits.许多动物有5趾。

3 facial   

adj.面部的，脸上的

参考例句：

• I've made an appointment for a facial tomorrow.我约好明天去做美容。
• The chimpanzee uses facial expressions for communication.黑猩猩用面部表情进行交流。