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日期 (Dates)
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單獨的日，或在“of＋月”之前的日，用數字的序數
(1st,2d/2nd,...) 或文字的序數 (first, second,...) 均可，前面都必須有 the。數字有強調的作用，文字則較爲正式。
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The sales conference runs from the 2d of August through the
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(銷售會議從八月二日進行到五日。)𣿅 |
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We leave for Europe on the second of August and don't return
until the sixteenth.
(我們八月二日前往歐洲，要到十六日才回來。) |
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“某月某日”的表示美語和英語略有不同——美語是在月之後用數位的基數
(1, 2, …) 或文字的序數 (first, second,...——沒有 the) ; 英語是在月之後用數位的序數 (1st, 2nd,...)
或文字的序數 (the first, the second,...——有 the)。 如：𣿅 |
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April 15 (美) |
April 15th (英) |
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April fifteenth (美) |
April the fifteenth (英)𣿅 |
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On February １ (or 1st) my husband and I received the
bank loan, which permitted us to start our own restaurant.
(2月1日，我先生和我收到了銀行貸款，我們的飯店可以開張了。
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New Year’s Day is January (the) first.
(元旦是一月一日。)𣿅 |
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只有年和月時，月前年後，中間無逗點；年、月、日都有時，通常都是月最先年最後，即“月＋日＋年”，日與年之間有逗點
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Sales for February 1989 hit an all time high.
(一九八九年二月的銷售量達到了歷年的最高點。)𣿅 |
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On February 25 (th),1989, my husband and I
received the bank loan, which permitted us to start our own restaurant.
(1989年2月25日，我先生和我收到了銀行貸款，從而使我們的飯店可以開張了。
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也有些場合(如美國的軍事通訊中)或人們用“日＋月＋年”的方式。如
25(th) February 1989。𣿅 |
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“2/3/91”或“2.3.91”這樣的寫法英美有不同的含義，美語是九一年“二月三日”，英語則是九一年“三月二日”。𣿅 |
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在正式的文告、請柬、法律文件中，年月日都是用文字表示。
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May (the) twenty-first, nineteen hundred and ninety-one |
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the twenty-first of May, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one |
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this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and ninety-one |
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其他場合若用文字通常爲：𣿅 |
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May (the) twenty-first, nineteen ninety-one， the twenty-first of
May, nineteen ninety-one
(以上都是表示“一九九一年五月二十一日”。)𣿅 |
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指過去某一年畢業或發生的事件常用數字的省略式表示。 如：𣿅 |
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He got his degree from Ohio State, class of '69.
(他六九年從俄亥俄州獲得學位。)𣿅 |
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They had a great flood after the continuous heavy rain in the summer
of '91．𣿅
(九一年夏天持續的大雨後，他們那兒發了一場洪水。)𣿅 |
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年代的讀法 —— 分爲兩部分：最後兩個字爲一部分，前面一個或兩個字爲另一部分。 如：𣿅 |
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105年讀作：one hundred and five |
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426年讀作：four (hundred and) twenty-six |
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1900年讀作：nineteen hundred |
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1930年讀作：nineteen (hundred and) thirty |
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1966年讀作：nineteen (hundred and) sixty-six |
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1901年讀作：nineteen and one (or nineteen "ou"
one)𣿅 |
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年齡 (Ages)、生日(Birthdays)、週年紀念日(Anniversaries) 的表示：𣿅 |
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在專業性的或具有統計意義的資料內用數位表示年齡，在一般的場合多用文字，也可用數位以加強語氣；在正式的寫作中都是用文字。
如：𣿅 |
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Mr.Lee, 38, has been promoted to director of marketing
services.
(李先生,三十八歲,已被提升爲市場服務部主任。) |
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This insurance policy is specially tailored for people in the 50
plus age group.
(這個保險政策是專爲五十歲以上年齡的人制訂的。)𣿅 |
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You cannot disregard the job application of a person aged 56.
(你不能忽視一個五十六歲人的職業申請。)𣿅 |
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A computer literacy program is being offered in the schools to all 8-
and 9-year-olds.
(電腦識字計劃是要提供給所有八至九歲的在學兒童。)蕌 |
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“8-and 9-year-olds”內的8之後的“-”不可漏掉。這個片語原應爲“8-year-olds
and 9-year-olds",由於前後的 year-olds 重複而將前面的省略了， 但 8 後的“-”必須保留，但是和後面的字之間必須保留一個間隔。其他如：𣿅 |
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a 8- to 10-hour trip (一次八到十小時的旅行) |
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a six- to eight-week delay (一段六至八星期的延誤)𣿅 |
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3-, 5-, and 8-gallon buckets (三加侖，五加侖和八加侖的桶)𣿅 |
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His father died at the age of ninety (or 90).
(他的父親于九十歲時去世了。
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His son is twenty years old, and his daughter is two.𣿅
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His son is 20 years old, and his daughter is 2.）𣿅
(他的兒子二十歲，他的女兒兩歲。)𣿅 |
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Tomorrow he will be ５ years ４ months (and) 3
days old.
(到明天他就是五歲四個月零三天大了。 )蕌 |
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年齡用“年、月、日”表示時，三者視爲一體，中間不要用逗點分開，連接月與日的連接詞and可以省略。𣿅 |
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Her mother is in her early fifties ; her father is in his mid
sixties.
(她母親五十出頭，她父親六十五歲左右。)𣿅 |
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Have you ever tried keeping a group of five-year-olds happy
and under control at the same time?𣿅
(你有沒有試過讓一群五歲孩子快活同時又能在掌握之中?)𣿅 |
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表示多少歲生日或第幾周年紀念日中的序數通常都是用文字，但是若超過兩個字或刻意要加強語氣者則用數字。 如：𣿅 |
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My grandmother just had her ninetieth birthday. Last year she
had her eighty-ninth birthday.
(我的祖母剛過了九十歲生日。去年她過了八十九歲生日。) |
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Today is the seventieth anniversary of Mary's father's birth.
(今天是瑪麗父親的七十歲生日。)𣿅 |
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You have had 4 birthdays. Your next one will be your 5th．𣿅
(你已經過了四個生日。下一個是第五個。)𣿅 |
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Tomorrow will be the 135th anniversary of the death of our
national father, Sun Yat-sen.
(明天是我們國父孫中山逝世一百三十五周年。)𣿅 |