英语数字用法
本文通过举例的方式详细地说明英语数字的用法。
1. 数字的读和写
(1) 20以上的数字
书写时用连字符
35 thirty-five
67 sixty-seven
填写支票时常用英语词表示英镑或元，用阿拉伯数字表示便士或分：
￡22.45 twenty-two pounds (and) 45 pence
$79.30 seventy-nine dollars (and) 30/100
(2) 100以上的数字
329 three hundred and twenty nine
and的发音为/n/， 重音在最后一个数字。 美式英语有时省略and。
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（3）1000以上的数字
1100 one thousand one hundred 非正式亦作eleven hundred
2500 two thousand five hundred 非正式亦作 twenty-five hundred
(上述非正式形式最常用于1100到1900之间的整百数字)
（4） 常常用逗号或英式英语用空格将数额大的数字分成3个数字一组：
33,423 or 33 423 (thirty three thousand four hundred and twenty three)
2,768,941 or 2 768 941 (two million seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and forty one)
(5) 用a还是用one
130 a/one hundred and thirty
1000000 a/one million
I. One更正式、更准确、可表示强调：
e.g. The total cost was one hundred and sixty three pounds exactly.
It cost about a hundred and fifty dollars.
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II. a只能用于数字的开头：
1000 a/one thousand
2100 two thousand one hundred 不说two thousand a hundred
III. 1100到1999之间的数字一般不用a:
1099 a/one thousand and ninety-nine
1100 one thousand one hundred
1340 one thousand three hundred and forty不说a thousand three hundred and forty
序数词
1st first 5th fifth
2nd second 9th ninth
3rd third 12th twelfth
4th fourth 21st twenty-first
etc.
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分数
1/2 a/one half
1/3 a/one third
1/4 a/one quarter(美式英语亦作a/one fourth)
表示强调用one不用a
1/12 one twelfth
1/16 one sixteenth
2/3 two thirds
3/4 three quarters(美式英语亦作 three fourths)
9/10 nine tenths
较复杂的分数 用over
19/56 nineteen over fifty-six
31/144 thirty-one over one four four
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整数和分数 用and连接
2 1/2 two and a half
5 2/3 five and two thirds
One加分数后用复数名词：
1 1/2pts one and a half pints
分数/百分数和名词短语 用of连接
A fifth of the women questioned
Three quarters of the population
75% of the population
表示一半（half）时不用冠词a,有时可省略of
Half (of) the work is already finished.
在表示度量或数量的短语中不用of
How much is half a pint of milk?
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It takes me half an hour by bus.
在代词前用of
We can’t start—only half of us are here.
分数/百分数和动词
分数/百分数与不可数名词或单数名词连用时，动词一般为单数：
Fifty percent of the land is cultivated.
Half (of) the land is cultivated.
单数集合名词的谓语动词在美式英语中用单数，但在英式英语中用单、复数均可：
Three quarters/75% of the workforce is/are against the strike.
名词为复数，谓语动词亦为复数：
Two thirds/65% of children play computer games.
小数
读和写均用小数点(.)(不用逗号)表示
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小数点后的数字逐个读出：
79.3 seventy-nine point three
3.142 three point one four two
0.67 (zero) point six seven (英式英语亦读作nought point six seven)
数学表达式
+ plus
- minus
× times/ multiplied by ÷ divided by = equals/is
% per cent (美国英语用percent) 32 three squared 53 five cubed
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610 six to the power of ten √￣ square root of 数字0
数字0在英式英语中有几个不同的名称，而在美式英语中通常用zero表示： 用于精确的科学、医学和经济语境，亦用以表示温度： It was ten degrees below zero last night. Zero inflation/growth/profit
Nought在英式英语中用以表示数字、年龄等： A million is written with six noughts.
The car goes from nought to sixty in ten seconds. clothes for children aged nought to six 美式英语o/ əu/ 用以读出银行账号、电话号码等
电话号码
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每个号码分别读出，o读作/ əu/（英式英语）或/oʊ/（美式英语）：
(01865)556767 o one eight six five, five five six seven six seven（或 double five six seven six seven）
温度
摄氏温标（℃）在英国为官方用法，在美国用于科技语境：
a high of thirty-five degree Celsisu
The normal temperature of the human body is 37℃.
华氏温标（°F）在美国用于科技以外的其他各个方面，在英国仍普遍使用。Degrees/Fahrenheit/Centigrade/Celsius(华氏度/摄氏度)这些词常常省略：
Temperature soared to over a hundred.(100°F)
She’s ill in bed with a temperature of a hundred and two.(102°F)
货币
在英国
100 pence/p=1 British pound (￡ 1)
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It costs 90p/90 pence return on the bus.
表示单枚硬币： a twenty pence piece/ a twenty p piece
表示英镑和便士通常只说数字：
It only cost five ninety nine. (￡5.99)
在非正式英式英语：
￡1 a quid a penny 一分硬币
5c five cents a nickel 五分硬币
10c ten cents a dime 一角硬币
25c twenty-five cents a quarter 二角五分硬币
$1.00 one dollar a dollar bill 一元纸币
在非正式美式英语中美元叫buck: This shirt cost fifty bucks.
英语日期的读和写
1. British English 英式英语
10
15 October 1997 或15th October 1997 (15/10/97,即：日/月/年)
His birthday is on the ninth of November.
His birthday is on November the ninth.
2. American English 美式英语
May 16, 1996 (5/16/96, 即：月/日/年)
Her birthday is May 16th.
3. Years 年份
1998 读作nineteen ninety-eight
1609 读作sixteen o nine
1500 读作fifteen hundred
2000 读作(the year) two thousand
2005 读作two thousand and five
2016 读作twenty sixteen
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4. 公元纪年
AD 76/ A.D. 76 读作AD seventy-six
76 CE/ 76 C.E. 读作seventy-six CE (上述两种表示法均指公元76年。)
5. 1000BC/ 1000 B.C. 读作 one thousand BC
1000BCE/ 1000 B.C.E. 读作 one thousand BC
(上述两种表示法均指公元前1000年。)
年龄
表示一个人的年龄只用数字：
Sue is ten and Tom is six.
She left home at sixteen.
…岁的男子/女子/男孩/女孩等：
They’ve got a girl of three and a boy of five.
a young woman of nineteen.
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书写、描述或强调某人的年龄用…years old
She was thirty-one years old and a barrister by profession.
He is described as white, 5ft 10 ins tall and about 50 years old.
You’re forty years old—stop behaving like a teenager!
…years old亦用以表示事物存在的时间：
The monument is 120 years old.
亦可用a…year-old/month-old/week-old等表示：
Youth training is available to all sixteen-year-olds.
a ten week-old baby
a remarkable 1000 year-old tomb
正式用语或书面语用…years of age:
Not applicable to persons under eighteen years of age.
表示某一年龄段的人用the…age group:
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He took first prize in the 10-16 age group.
表示一个人的大致年龄：
13-19 in his/her teens
21-29 in his/her twenties
31-33 in his/her early thirties
34-36 in his/her mid thirties
37-39 in his/her late thirties
特指某事情与某年龄有关可用at/by/before etc. the age of…:
Most smokers start smoking cigarettes before the age of sixteen.
用于时间的数字
表示时间的方法通常不止一种：
半小时
6:30 six thirty
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Half past six（英式英语）
Half six (非正式英式英语)
其他时刻
5:45 five forty-five (a) quarter to six(BrE)/ (a) quarter to/of six(NAmE)
2:15 two fifteen (a) quarter past two(BrE)/ (a) quarter after two(NAmE)
1:10 one ten ten past one(BrE)/ ten after one(NAmE)
3:05 three o five five past three(BrE)/ five after three(NAmE)
1:55 one fifty-fvie five to two(BrE)/ five to/ of two(NAmE)
表示5、10、20和25分钟不必用minute,但表示其他分钟用minute:
10.25 twenty-five past/after ten
10.17 seventeen minutes past/after ten
只有表示整点才用o’clcok: It’s three o’clock.
上午、下午、傍晚或是晚上就用in the morning、in the afternoon、in the evening或at night。
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在较正式的语境中用：
a.m.= in the morning or after midnight早上或午夜以后
p.m.=in the afternoon, in the evening or before midnight 下午、晚上或午夜以前
He gets up at 4 a.m. to deliver the mail.
o’clock不与a.m.或p.m.同时用。
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