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Idioms - 10
十 - There are only ten of these rare animals left.
这些珍稀动物只剩下十只了。 - ten of Sweden’s top financial experts
瑞典十大金融专家 - Twelve people were invited but only ten turned up.
十二个人被邀请了,但只有十个人出现了。 - Do you have change for ten dollars?
你有十美元的零钱吗? - a ten-month contract
十个月的合同 - Look at page ten.
看第十页。 - Ten and two is twelve.
十加二等于十二。 - Two tens are twenty.
两个十是二十。 - I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a ten?
我看不懂你写的东西——这应该是10分吗? - The bulbs are planted in sevens or tens (= groups of seven or ten).
球茎分成七个或十个一组种植。 - We moved to America when I was ten (= ten years old).
我十岁的时候,我们搬到了美国。 - Shall we meet at ten (= at ten o'clock), then?
那我们十点钟见面好吗?
词源Old English tēn, tīen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tien and German zehn, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit daśa, Greek deka, and Latin decem. - There are only ten of these rare animals left.
Idioms
ten out of ten (for something)
- (British English, often ironic) used to say that somebody has guessed something correctly or done something very well
完全正确;得满分 - Not brilliant, Robyn, but I'll give you ten out of ten for effort.
做得不算顶好,罗宾,但要论卖力气我给你打满分。
- Not brilliant, Robyn, but I'll give you ten out of ten for effort.
ten to one
- (informal) very probably
十之八九;非常可能 - Ten to one he'll be late.
十之八九他会迟到。
- Ten to one he'll be late.
two/ten a penny (British English)
(North American English a dime a dozen)
- very common and therefore not valuable
十之八九;非常可能 - Teachers of history are ten a penny.
历史老师十便士。
- Teachers of history are ten a penny.