習語中“hundred”并非表示精確數字,往往強調數量之多,如:
1、by the hundred(by hundreds) (數以百計,大批大批地);
2、a cool hundred([口]百鎊巨款,巨款);
3、hundred percent(,完全地);
4、hundreds of thousands of people(成千上萬的人);
5、hundreds of millions of people(億萬人)
6、"a hundred to one" 一百比一,指概率極高(high probability),非??赡堋?BR> 7、"ninety-nine out of a hundred" 百分之九十九,幾乎全部,差不多總是.
8、"a hundred and one"許多,如:in a hundred and one ways(千方百計地)
9、"We have a hundred and one things to do."并非具體說明要做一百零一件事,而是強調 "有許多事要做".
10、"hundreds and thousands" 指的是糕點上作點綴用的小蜜餞(或小糖果)。不過,"great(or long)hundred" 指的是實數,意同 "six score",或 "one hundred and twenty" 一百二十。
1、by the hundred(by hundreds) (數以百計,大批大批地);
2、a cool hundred([口]百鎊巨款,巨款);
3、hundred percent(,完全地);
4、hundreds of thousands of people(成千上萬的人);
5、hundreds of millions of people(億萬人)
6、"a hundred to one" 一百比一,指概率極高(high probability),非??赡堋?BR> 7、"ninety-nine out of a hundred" 百分之九十九,幾乎全部,差不多總是.
8、"a hundred and one"許多,如:in a hundred and one ways(千方百計地)
9、"We have a hundred and one things to do."并非具體說明要做一百零一件事,而是強調 "有許多事要做".
10、"hundreds and thousands" 指的是糕點上作點綴用的小蜜餞(或小糖果)。不過,"great(or long)hundred" 指的是實數,意同 "six score",或 "one hundred and twenty" 一百二十。