含义

英语表达

例句

大于某数

more than

He has lived here for more than twenty years.

over

she is over fifty.

or more

There're thirty people or more in the meeting-room.

小于某数

less than

I have less than (not more than )fifty dollars.

under

Children under seven are not allowed to enter.

below

He would not sell it for below a hundred fifty dollars.

or less

The coat might cost him sixty dollars or less.

大约（某数）

nearly

She is nearly fifty now.

almost

Its almost three o'clock.

up to

Up to ten men can sleep in this tent.

or

He spent four or five days writing the article.

or so

The distance is twenty miles or so.

about

I visited that village about three years ago.

some

Their team has some four or five players.

more or less

The container can hold more or less twenty pounds of water.

around/round

Let's make it round/around eight o'clock.

被修饰名词的数

英语表达

汉译

修饰可数名词

dozens of

几十、许多

scores of

许多

many, a good(great) many, many a (饰单数可数名词)

许多、大量

hundreds of

数以百计

thousands of ,thousands upon thousands of

成千上万

millions of

数百万

billions of

亿万

修饰不可数名词

much , a great (good)deal of ,

a large amount of ,large amounts of

许多、大量

修饰可数名词或不可数名词

a lot of /lots of ,plenty of, 　　a large quantity of ,

large quantities of

许多、大量