关于数字、日期以及时间的英文表达方式
基数词
0 zero 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four
5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine
10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen
14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen
17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen
20 twenty 21 twenty-one 22 twenty-two
23 twenty-three
30 thirty 32 thirty-two 40 forty
50 fifty 60 sixty
70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety
100 one hundred 101 one hundred and one
156 one hundred and fifty-six
192 one hundred and ninety-two
200 two hundred 300 three hundred
400 four hundred 500 five hundred ......
1,000 one thousand
1,001 one thousand and one
1,300 thirteen hundred; one thousand and three hundred
2,000 two thousand
2,034 two thousand and thirty-four
6,502 six thousand five hundred and two
45,672 forty-five thousand six hundred and seventy-two
500,000 five hundred thousand
1,000,000 one million
3,123,400 three million, one hundred and twenty-three thousand and four hundred
8,000,000 eight million
47,000,000 forty-seven million
900,000,000 nine hundred million
1,000,000,000 a milliard, one milliard(美作:a billion, one billion)
1,050,000,000 one billion and fifty million
10,000,000,000 ten billion
200,000,000,000 two hundred billion
1,000,000,000,000 one thousand billion(美作:a trillion, one trillion)
序数词
first第一 second第二 third第三
fourth第四 fifth第五 sixth第六
seventh第七 eighth第八 ninth第九
tenth第十 eleventh第十一
twelfth第十二 thirteenth第十三
fourteenth第十四 fifteenth第十五
sixteenth第十六 seventeenth第十七
eighteenth第十八 nineteenth第十九
twentieth第二十 twenty-first第二十一
twenty-second第二十二 twenty-third第二十三
thirtieth第三十 thirty-first第三十一
fortieth第四十 fiftieth第五十 sixtieth第六十
seventieth第七十 eightieth第八十
ninetieth第九十 (one)hundredth第一百
(one)hundred and first第一百零一
hundred and thirty-fourth第一百三十四
two-hundredth 第二百
three-hundredth 第三百
four-hundredth 第四百
five-hundredth 第五百
six-hundredth 第六百
seven-hundredth 第七百
eight-hundredth 第八百
nine-hundredth 第九百
(one)thousandth 第一千
thousand and first 第一千零一
two thousand and thirty-fourth 第二千零三十四
ten thousandth 第一万
(one)millionth 第一百万(美作:billionth)
billionth 第十亿(美作:trillionth)
分数
1/2 : one-half; a half 1/3 : one-third
3/4 : three-fourths 1/5 : one-fifth
2/5 : two-fifths 1/10 : one-tenth; a tenth
1/100 : one-hundredth; one per cent
1/1000 : one-thousandth
1/10000 : one ten-thousandth
100% : one hundred per cent
0.5% : point five per cent
0.46% : point four six per cent
2.05 : two point nought five; two point O five
6.003 : six point nought nought three; six point O O three
78.12 : seventy-eight point one two
日期的表示法
日期的写法(书面语)和读法(口语)稍有不同,
如“十月一日”可以写成 October 1, October 1st,
1 October, 1st October, (the) 1st of October 等,
表示月份的词也可用缩略式,如 Oct. 1, 1 Oct.,
但是在口语中通常只有两种读法 October (the) first或the first of October。
【注】日期与星期排列时,通常是星期在前,日期在后。如:He arrived on Friday, May 10. 他于5月10日(星期五)到达。
1月 January2月 February3月 March4月 April
5月 May6月 June7月 July8月 August
9月 September10月 October11月 November12月 December
周一:Monday;周二:Tuesday;周三:Wednesday;
周四:Thursday;周五:Friday;周六:Saturday;周日:Sunday
时间的表达方法
英语中时间的表达方法主要有直接法和借用介词法等。
(1)直接法。
上午八点eight AM (a.m.)
下午九点nine PM (p.m.)
六点六分six six 六点三十二six thirty two
八点正eight o clock
(2)借用介词法。
八点四十五a quarter to nine
七点零五分five past seven
七点五十四six to eight
六点半half past six
(3)表示正点的用法。
十一点正at 11 o clock sharp
at 11 o clock on the hour
at 11 o clock on the strike
正午12点at noon
午夜12点at midnight
(注:12点22分可读作:twelve twenty-two:twenty-two past twelve(英式说法);twenty-two after twelve(美式说法)
1点15可读作:one fifteen;a quarter past one(英式说法):a quarter after one(美英说法)
8点50分可读作:eight fifty;ten to nine(英式说法);ten before nine(美式说法)
1点40分可读作:one forty;twenty to two(英式说法);twenty before two(美式说法)
“提前半小时”可用:half an hour early;thirty minutes early;early by half an hour;half an hour ahead of time;half an hour ahead of schedule等来表示。)
货币的表达方法
英国货币:penny(便士)/pence (penny的复数),pound (£)
£20.50:twenty pounds fifty pence,也可以简单地写作:twenty fifty
美国货币:
1美元钞票
1 dollar= 100 cents
(S|1.00=one dollar)
(S|2.00=two dollars)
25美分1 quarter 10美分1 dime
5美元1 nickel 1美分1 penny
S|15.95:fifteen dollars ninety-five cents,或fifteen ninety-five.
(注:表示正常价格:regular price, normal price.
表示价格划算:a good buy, a better buy, an excellent price, a good price/ bargain.
表示价格较贵:dear, expensive, more expensive, steep.
表示价格便宜:cheap, inexpensive, bargain price, less expensive.
表示减价出售:sale price, on sale, garage sale, Christmas sale, special price.
词组:discount, half, double, cut off, knock off, twice as much as ,cross off, etc.)