在日常生活中我们经常会碰到各种数学运算,在跟外国客户谈生意时,往往会被问到一些专业计算方法,那么我们该如何用英语将数学运算表达出来呢?下面就常用的几种数学运算的英语表达进行讲解。
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加减乘除的英文表达
加法:用plus,and,add...to...或added to 等表示。如:3 2=5 Threeplus two is five.
减法:用minus,taken from,take away from 等表示。如:15-5=10 Fifteen minus five leaves ten.
乘法:用times,multiplied by 等表示。如:3X4=12 Threetimes four is twelve.
除法:用divided by,divid....into 等表示。如:20÷5=4 Twenty divided by five is four.
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表示“几次乘方(幂)”时,指数用序数词,底数用基数词。当表示“平方”时用动词square,"立方”用动词cube.
如:2的5次方,就是5个2相乘,2是底数,用基数词;5是指数,用序数词。the fifth power of two
10的平方,就是ten squared.
5的立方,英文是five cubed.
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常用数学公式的表达法.
a>b a is more than b.
a<b a is less than b.
a≈b a approximately equals b
a≠b a is not equal to b
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比例与开根的英文表达。a:b the ratio of a to b
12:4=3 The ratio of twelve to four equals three.
√4=2 the square root of four is two.