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你了解用英语书写数字时的规则吗?
作者:FroG  文章来源:不详  点击数334  更新时间:2008-5-3  文章录入:frog  责任编辑:frog

 

 

你了解用英语书写数字时的规则吗?

南昌十九中 宋焘

 

以英语为母语的国家,在书写数字时已形成几条约定俗成的规则。
一、英美等国的出版社在排版时遵循一条原则, 110用单词表示,10以上的数目用阿拉伯数字。
That table measures ten feet by five.
那个工作台长10英尺,宽5英尺。

The traditional pattern of classroom experience at the college level brings the professor and a group of 20 to 30 students together for a 45-to-50-minute class session two or three times a week.
由一个教授和十名学生每周会晤两三次,每次授课时间4550分钟,是大学程度课堂教学的传统方式。

二、遇到日期、百分比、带单位的特殊数字,通常用阿拉伯数字。
Maximum swivel of table is l20.
工作台的最大回转角度是120度。
3rd March l991
3 March l991 a discount of 5 percent5%的折扣);purchased 7 yards of carpet(买7码地毯); ordered 2 pounds of minced steak (订购2磅剁碎的肉)。

三、如果涉及的数目和单位是不定数,可用单词表示。
about five miles per hour
(每小时大约5英里)
at least ten yards away
(至少有10码远)
hesitated for a moment or two
(犹豫了片刻)
I have warned you a hundred times
(我已经警告你多少遍了)。

四、句首不用阿拉伯数字,句末要尽量避免用阿拉伯数字。
4th July is an important date in American history.
该写成The fourth of July...
60
profit was a reported.据报道有60%的利润。应改写成:Sixty per cent profit…

五、遇到分数,可用带连字符号的单词表示。
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。

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