分数的英语翻译
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分数由基数词和序数词构成——分子用基数词,分母用序数词,分子超过“1”时,分母用复数:
a [one] sixth = 1/6
two thirds = 2/3
three fifths = 3/5
Three quarters of the students have passed the exam.
四分之三的学生考试及格了。
The WTO cannot live up to its name if it does not include a country that is home to one-fifth of mankind.
如果世贸组织不能容纳占世界人口五分之一的国家,那它就算不上世界贸易组织了。
几点注意:
(1) 1/2 通常读作 a [one] half,一般不读作a second。
(2) 1/4 可读作 a [one] fourth,也可读作 a [one] quarter。
(3) 分子超过“1”分母之所以用复数可以这样理解:“三分之二”即两个(two)三分之一(third),既然是两个“三分之一”,那“三分之一”当然要用复数,即用thirds。
(4) 在数学上,为了简洁起见,分子和分母均可用基数词,其间用介词over:3/4 读作three over four(对于比较复杂的分数通常采用此读法)。
(5) 带分数的读法:在整数与分数之间用and 连接:five and two thirds
(6)分数词用作状语,分数词主要有作定语,或是主语、宾语等,但有时也可用作状语。如:
China is one-sixth larger than the United States.
中国比美国大六分之一。
It was one-fourth cheaper than the market price.
它比市场价格低四分之一。
Houses cost one third more this year than they did five years ago.
今年房价比五年前上涨了三分之一。
The bottle had been about three-quarters full then.
那时瓶子里约莫四分之三满。
This substance reacts one-tenths as fast as the other one.
这种物质的反应速度是另一物质的十分之一。
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