数字相关表达
描述数字总额 • 表示总额常用的是:be动词,add up to, amount to,come to,hit,remain at,reach, stand at,total,如数字带“超过”的含义,可 以使用outnumber,surpass,top等词。例如: • ① The number of vocational training schools in China totaled 1073 in 1995. • ② China is now the biggest source country of overseas students in Britain, with the total number surpassing 250,000 last year.
• 表示减少、下降常使用decrease,reduce,decline, fall和drop的各种词形和词性,也可使用go down,cut, contract,lower (than),slash,shrink等,在表示削减 幅度较小时可以使用dwindle, dip,slide, slip等,表示 大幅或快速下跌则可用plummet,plunge和tumble等。 例如: • ①The number of hunters fell by 7% in the decade ending in 2001. • ②The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 40.39 points, or 0.3%, to finish Thursday at 15636.55. • ③World exports dipped 1% in volume in 2001 and contracted 4% in value to US$ 6 trillion. • ④The S&P 500-stock index slipped 3.18 points, or 0.2%, to 1722.34, edging lower from its own record close. • ⑤Tokyo stocks took a tumble on Thursday morning