tens of thousands of...如何理解

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最佳答案 2018-06-15 19:42

tens of thousands of 是习语,字面意思是“数十个千”,通常译为“数以万计”, 也可笼统地翻译成“成千上万”。如:

Tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation. 成千上万的人死于饥饿和缺水。

They robbed the bank of tens of thousands of dollars. 他们抢劫了银行几万块钱。  

Within our own galaxy there are probably tens of thousands of planetary systems. 在我们所在的银河系中,很可能存在数以万计的行星系。

The recent famine in these parts has caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people. 最近,这些地区闹饥荒,迫使数万人逃往他乡。

Tens of thousands of dolphins and small whales are brutally massacred every year. 每年有数万条海豚和小鲸鱼被残酷地屠杀。


类似的还有习语 hundreds of thousands of,字面意思是“数百个千”,通常译为“数十万”,也可笼统地翻译成“成千上万”。又如:

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk. 有几十万人正处于危险中。

Hundreds of thousands of visitors troop through the museum every year. 每年有数十万的游客成群结队地参观博物馆。

On May Day hundreds of thousands used to be bussed in to parade through East Berlin. 以前劳动节这天,数十万人乘坐公共汽车到东柏林参加游行。


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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

tens of thousands:几万

hundreds of thousands: 几十万

鸟的种类有好几万。

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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

tens of thousands of:千百万; 千千万万; 成千上万

Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins.  

昆虫由数万种蛋白质构成。

Tens of thousands of men, year after year, have travelled southwards to find work.  

每年有数万人到南方去找工作.

Tens of thousands of people have been rehearsing for the opening ceremony in the workers' stadium.  

数万人一直在工人体育馆为开幕式进行排练。

Within our own galaxy there are probably tens of thousands of planetary systems. 在我们自己的星系里可能有数以万计的行星系。

They say the government is not doing enough to investigate tens of thousands of killings and disappearances over the past few years.  

他们说政府在调查过去的数年中发生的成千上万的谋杀和失踪事件上做得并不够。

They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.  

他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。

Tens of thousands of families were forced to double up in homes and apartments. 多少万家庭被迫和别人挤住在一间住宅或公寓内.

Tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees had fled to Syria and Jordan.  

好几万人逃往到叙利亚和约旦.

Planetary nebulae fade away gradually over tens of thousands of years.  

行星状星云在数万年间逐渐衰老.

Tens of thousands of our productivity is the fast shipping guarantee.  

我们的生产力成千上万,是快捷出货的保证.

It gets tens of thousands of letters to Santa every year.  

每年寄给圣诞老人的信都有数万封之多.

Tens of thousands of people death because of the civil war.  

因为那次内战成千上万的人饿死了.

Tens of thousands of troops have rushed to provide relief operations.  

成千上万的部队官兵被急速派遣到当地投入救援工作.

Tens of thousands of ships have sunk in the Atlantic.  

好几万艘船已沉入大西洋中.

These tasks brought to the fore tens of thousands of activists.  

这些工作中涌现出成千上万的积极分子.



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