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1、英语谚语中的 hundred英语谚语中的 hundred 英语谚语中的hundred 英语谚语中的 hundred 习语中hundred 并非表示精确数字,往往强调数量之 多,如:by the hundred (by hundreds )(数以百计,大批大批地); a cool hundred(口百镑巨款,巨款);hundred percent(百分之百,完全地);hundreds of thousands of people(成千上万的人);hundreds of millions of people(亿万人)eg. a hundred to one 一百 比一, 指概率极高 (high p
2、robability ),非常可能。eg. ninety nine out of a hundred意义与前者类似: 百分之九十九,几乎全部,差不多总是.eg. a hundred and one 许多,如:in a hundred and oneways (千方百计地)eg. we have a hundred and one things to do.并非具体说明要做一百零一件事,而是强调有许多事要做.eg. hundreds and thousands 指的是糕点上作点缀用的/J、 蜜饯(或小糖果)。不过,great (or long ) hundred 指的是实数, 意同 six sc
3、ore , 或 one hundred and twenty一百二十。i谚语中,hundred 更是虚指,强调多,而且通常与一形成对照。笔者收集整理如下:a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot put out .傻子一个投石井内,智者百位难以捞 回(或:一愚闯祸,百智难补)。a hundred pounds of sorrow pays not one ounce of debt .百镑愁难还一分债(或:烦恼不能还债)。buyers want a hundsed eyes; sellers , n
4、one. 买东西的要 有百只眼,卖东西的可以不长眼.(卖者装马虎,买者要小心).if you kill one flea in march you kill a hundred.三月杀跳蚤,杀一少百。one cannot do a foolish thing once in ones life , but one must hear of it a hundred times.蠢事一生不可做一件,但一定会听到成百上千。one enemy is too much for a man in a great post , and a hundred friends too few.身居要职,朋友百人
5、太少,敌人一个太 多。one father is more than a hundred school masters. 月生过 师长百位。one good head is better than a hundred strong hands.强手百双,莫如智者一人。one man is worth a hundred and a hundred is not worthone. 一人可抵一百,一百不抵一人what is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire.乡里丢失,郡里可得。本句中hundred 指的县或郡是基层行政单位(subdivisionof county or shire , having its own court ), 大抵相当于乡或镇。 据 brewers dictionary of phrase and fable ,最初可能是 100 hides组成一个基层行政单位,因此有了 hundred 的名称。(hide 是英国昔日之地积单价,相当于 60至120英亩不等)。when angry , count ten before yoll speak; if very angry , a hundred.生气时说话前先数十,大怒中数百后再开口。英语谚语中的hundred 相关内容: 3