从1数到10我们都会,一百一千呢?也很简单one hundred and one thousand. 一万是ten thousand,十万是one houndred thousand,百万不再是ten houndred thousand,老外又造了一个词million专门表示一百万,百万富翁就是millionaire. 千万就是ten million,万万(亿)就是one hundred million,十亿又有个新词了叫billion.百亿显然就是ten billion,千亿是one hundred billion. 说到这,总能猜到了吧,万亿肯定又有一个新词了,再下又是如出一辙。万亿很少用到了,这个词是trillion. (特别说明一下:在英国本土语中,万亿是billion,十亿他们用的是gillion,这里我按美语标准作说明)

这些是规则,当写一个数字10000000000,你能立即把它用英语读出来么?别说英语,连中文都很困难,我得从右开始数:个、十、百……,这是我们中国人的读法。美国人读数字是每3位一读的,这就是为什么他们喜欢在数字上每3位划一个逗号的原因,这是为了帮助他们读数,方向也是从右至左,刚才那个数字划完后就是10,000,000,000.

现在来找规律(从右开始读):
第一个逗号前的数字读成thousand,                  1,000 = one thousand
第二个逗号前的数字读成million,               1,000,000 = one million
第三逗号前的数字读成billion,             1,000,000,000 = one billion
第四个逗号前的数字读成trillion,   1,000,000,000,000 = one trillion

在逗号之间我们用的就是one,ten和a hundred来表示了,如
1,100 = one thousand and one hundred ;
1,100,100 = one million,one hundred thousand and one hundred;
来个复杂点的:1, 245, 333 = one million, two hundred and forty-five thousand, three hundred and thirty-three.
2,782,234,467 = two billion, seven hundred and eighty-two million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven.

现在应该有点经验了吧,英语里把一个基数词的基础上进一位用ten表示,进两位用one hundred,进三位时就用一个新的基数词来代替,然后在新词的基础上进位用相同的方法。那么开始的10,000,000,000用这种方法很容易读出来就是ten billion(一百亿)。其余的留给大家去想吧,很惭愧,学了这么多年英语,直到今天我才能把这些规律给找出来,不过为时未晚,既然想通了就和大家分享一下吧。

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10 Comments on 英语数字的进位和写法(thousand/million/billion/trillion)

  1. youngyt says:

    没有多啊,最后两个数词之间一般都用个and连接

  2. Anonymous says:

    说明得真好!
    还有个疑问,
    1,100,100 = one million,one hundred thousand and one hundred
    是不是多个and?

  3. Anonymous says:

    good

  4. Ji says:

    It is easyer to read and remember, you are very clever and helpful. Thank you very much

  5. youngyt says:

    This need large amount fo training.

  6. Linda says:

    I’m OK with English now, but it’s still hard for me to convert English numbers into Chinese words. :)

  7. Anonymous says:

    搞错太多次。

  8. Cathy says:

    Thank you for yr information, now I’m clear for this point in English ~~

  9. Anonymous says:

    hao

  10. Anonymous says:

    学习了,谢谢!

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