(四)分数、小数、百分比、倍数、四则运算的表示方法
类别 |
说明 |
例词或例句 |
分数 |
分子用基数词,分母用序数词,分子大于1,分母的序数词用复数。 |
1/2 读作 a (one) half 1/3 读作 a (one) third 1/4 读作a (one) quarter或a (one) fourth 4/5 读作four fifths 4 2/3 读作four and two thirds Two thirds of the earth surface is covered by water.(地球表面的三分之二覆盖着水) |
小数 |
小数点读作point。小数点后面各数都按个位基数词读;小数点前面仍按基数词读。零读作o或zero. |
0.7 读作zero point seven 25.25 读作twenty-five point two five |
百分比 |
百分比由基数词+percent组成 ( % ) |
2% 读作two percent 44% 读作forty-four percent 100% 读作one hundred percent More than 25 percent of the surface of the ground is covered with grass. 百分之二十五以上的地面被草覆盖着。 |
倍数 |
(1)
倍数+as+形(副)原级+as (2) 倍数+形(副)比较级+than (3) 倍数+ the size(length , height , width , etc .)+ of (表示大小或数量的名词) |
This
room is three times as large as that one . This room is two times larger than that one. This room is three times the size of that one . 注意:上述三个结构的意义是相同的。 汉译表达: 这间房是那间房的三倍大 。 |
加、减、乘、除四则运算 |
用基数词表示 加号用plus / and 减号用minus 乘号用times 除号用divided by |
9+8=17, 读作 Nine plus (and) eight is
seventeen. 11-5=6 , 读作 Eleven minus five is six. 6×5=30, 读作 Six times five is thirty. 35÷7=5, 读作 Thirty-five divided by seven is five. |