不可译成数字的数词

• 作者: 王军
• 来源期刊: 语言教育
• 学科: 教育
• 年，卷（期）: 1999,（12）
• 页码范围: 81-82
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: G634.41

摘要

<正> 在英语中,有一些含虚义的数词,它们往往不能简单地译成相应的数字。试译下列句子:1.He is a fool of the first water.2.The business was over in two-twos.3.We must put two and two together.4.The shirts are second to none in the shop.5.He is a second-storey man.6.The fellow is a third ear.7.The film seems to have a third dimension