在汉英笔译和英语写作中,经常会遇到数字;哪些场合用单词表示,哪些场合用阿拉伯数字表示,往往使人难以确定,现行语法书中也极少涉及此类问题。下面由考试啦小编为大家整理的关于英语数字表达方法的内容,希望大家喜欢!
英语中纯数字的表达方法
小数和分数:
0.17 zero point one seven / point seventeen / zero point seventeen
1/2 one half
1/3 one /a third
3/4 three fourths
7'2/ 5seven and two fifths
大于100的数字:
101 one hundred (and ) one
200 two hundred
998 nine hundred ( and ) ninety'eight
在英语中上面括弧中的and一般不能省略;而在美国英语中却往往省去。请分析下面的对话:
A:How many people are present in the party last night?
B: That‘s nine hundred and ninety-eight, exactly.
A: Woo, you must be joking. How can you get such an accurate number?
…… 此处隐藏1737字 ……
60% profit was a reported.据报道有60%的利润。
应改写成:Sixty per cent profit…
1345 kilograms force was applied at the center point of the bar.
试验时在杆的中点加1345公斤力。
可改成When tested, a force of l345 kg was applied…
(6)遇到分数,可用带连字符号的单词表示,如:
At 1east two-thirds of the class have had colds. 这个班至少有三分之二的学生患重感冒。
Nitrogen forms about four-fifths of the atmosphere. 氮约占大气的五分之四。