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100 一百 One hundred (of the children) have already been placed with foster families. 有一百名(兒童)已經獲安排領養。 There were just a hundred of them there. 他們那裏只有一百人。 This vase is worth several hundred dollars. 這只花瓶值幾百美元。 She must be over a hundred (= a hundred years old). 她肯定有一百多歲了。 Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk. 有幾十萬人正處於危險中。 a hundred-year lease 一百年的租約
- a hundred, hundreds (of…)(usually informal)
a large amount 許多;大量 hundreds of miles away 數百裏之遙 for hundreds of years 幾百年來 If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times. 這事我曾經說過,而且是說過很多次了。 I have a hundred and one things to do. 我有一大堆事情要做。 - (formal)
Men died in their hundreds. 大批的人死亡。
- the hundreds[plural]
the numbers from 100 to 999 100 到 999 間的數目;百位數 - the… hundreds[plural]
the years of a particular century 某個世紀的年代 the early nineteen hundreds (= written ‘early 1900s’) 20 世紀早期
- one, two, three, etc. hundred hours
used to express whole hours in the 24-hour system (表示 24 小時制的整點)一點整、兩點整、三點整等 twelve hundred hours (= 12.00 midday) 十二點整
Word Originlate Old English, from hund ‘hundred’ (from an Indo-European root shared with Latin centum and Greek hekaton) + a second element meaning ‘number’; of Germanic origin and related to Dutch honderd and German hundert.
Idioms
give a hundred (and ten) per cent
a/one hundred per cent
in every way synonym completely在各方面;百分之百;完全 completely fit and healthy Topics Health and Fitnessc2十分健康
ninety-nine times out of a hundred
almost always 幾乎沒有例外;幾乎總是