首先,要知道这几个分数,比较特殊:
1/2 one half(口语中更倾向于用“a”代替“one”)
1/4 a quarter(a/one quarter(fourth))
3/4 three quarters;three over(in,out of) four;three fourths
其他分数怎么表示呢?
1、“分之用基数词,分母用序数词”表示
分数在英语中通常是借助于基数词和序数词来共同表达的。其中基数词表示分子,序数词表示分母。先看分子为1的分数,
如: 1/3 one third a third
1/10 one tenth
1/100 one hundredth
2、分子>1时,分母序数词用复数形式,如third加s,thirds。
2/3 two thirds
3/10 three tenths
5/7 five sevenths
99/123ninty-nine one hundred and twenty-thirds
3、用介词表示 in, out of, over等
如5/7 除了five-sevenths,还可以用 five in seven, five out of seven或five over seven表示。
比较复杂的分数常常用over这个词表示。如:
317/509读作:three hundred and seventeen over five hundred and nine
Ninety-nine people out of a hundred,if they were asked who first found America, would answer Clumbus.
如果要问是谁首先发现美洲,一百个人中有九十九个(百分之九十九)将回答是哥伦布。