籠統數字的譯法

　　幾個some，several, a few

　　十幾個 more than / over a dozen，less/ no more than twenty

　　幾十個dozens of 幾十年decades

　　幾百個hundreds of 成千上萬thousands of 幾十萬hundreds of thousands of

　　數以百萬millions of 億萬hundreds of millions of

　　倍數的表示方法通常有以下幾種 ：

　　用 X times as …as … 或者 X times the …of …

　　如：兩倍 twice as ... as ... / twice the ... of ...

　　三倍 three times as ... as ... / three times the ...of

　　如：“這條河是門前小溪的三倍長”

　　This river is three times as long as / three times the length of the brook in front of the house.

　　用to increase by 表達：兩倍 to increase by 100%; 三倍 to increase by 200%; 四倍 to increase by 300%......

　　如：“近年進口的糧食翻了一番” The imported grain this year has increased by 100%.

　　用to、double等動詞來表達：兩倍 to double; 三倍 to triple; 四倍 to quadruple; 五倍 to quintuple

　　The efficiency of the machines has been more than trebled or quadrupled.

　　這些機器的效率已提高了2倍或3倍多。

　　等值翻譯：

　　a drop in the ocean 滄海一粟

　　within a stones throw 一箭之遙

　　kill two birds with one stone 一箭雙雕

　　A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit..吃一塹，長一智。

　　不等值翻譯 ：

　　at sixes and sevens 亂七八糟

　　on second thoughts 再三考慮

　　by ones and twos兩兩地，零零落落地

　　Two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠勝過諸葛亮。

　　Can you come down a little? —Sorry, its one price for all.

　　你能便宜一點賣嗎?對不起，不二價.

　　He had one over the eight after be? drank only half bottle of lhe wine. 他才喝了半瓶酒就醉得七歪八倒了。

　　不必譯出：

　　One man's meat is another man's poison.人各有所好。甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。

　　I'll love you three score and ten .我會愛你一輩子。一生愛你。(原意七十歲，古稀之年，一輩子)

　　Ten to one he has forgotten it.很可能他已經忘了。(原意是十比一)十有八九。

　　His mark in math is second to none in the class.他的數學分數在班上無人能及。(最好的，首屈一指的，無人能出其右，無與倫比)

　　She is a second Lei Feng。她是雷鋒式的人物。(活雷鋒，雷鋒第二)

　　I always believe my sixth sense . 我總相信我的直覺。(第六感，預感)

　　He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat. 每次我們閑聊他幾乎都談及你。(十次有九次都。。。十句話又九句都在說你)

　　The parson officially pronounced that they became one . 牧師正式宣告他們結為夫婦。(結合)

　　I used to study in France in the year one .我早年曾在法國。(很久以前)

　　幾個數量的表達方法

　　A hundred and one factories = a lot of factories

　　A long hundred 100 多

　　A long hour足足1小時

　　A small gross 十打(120 個)

　　A decade 十

　　A score 二十

　　At nine hundred hours 9：00

　　Twenty odd = twenty and odd 二十多