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姓名:皮卡丘 性别:雄性
年龄:20多岁 性取向:正常
今天的知识点来了
1、“二十多岁”英语怎么说?
①twentysomething
-something作为后缀
-something is combined with numbers such as twenty and thirty to form adjectives which indicate an approximate amount, especially someone's age. For example, if you say that someone is thirty-something, you mean they are between thirty and forty years old.
数字(如twenty或者thirty)与-something结合在一起构成形容词,表示的是大致的数量,尤其是某人的年龄。例如,如果你说某人是thirty-something,你的意思是他们在三十到四十岁之间。
他二十多岁了可以说:He is twentysomething years old(years old可以省略)直接说成:He is twentysomething
something表示不明确的"几",类似的表达还有:
20多个人=twenty something people
100多美元=one hundred something dollars
②I'm in my 20s.(twenties)
这是最简单的表达:in one's +基数词复数形式
20多岁也分前期,中期,晚期
二十多岁出头(前期)=I'm in my early 20s.
二十多岁中期=I'm in my mid-20s.
奔三(二十多岁晚期)=I'm in my late 20s.
知识巩固:
①My mother is fiftysomething years old,so she will retire in a few years.
我妈妈现在五十多了,所以她过几年就要退休了。
②Many twentysomething entrepreneurs make their fortunes on the internet.
许多20多岁的企业家通过互联网发家致富。
③Pikachu is in his 20s(twenties) , the prime of his life.
皮卡丘20多岁,正值人生的黄金时期。
“十几”岁的表达并不在这一系列里,而是直接用teens, teenage,或者 teenager
teens释义:A person's teens are the period in which they are aged between 13 and 19
例:
①Both my daughters are in their teens.
我的两个女儿都十几岁。
②He's in his early/mid/lateteens.
他十三四/十五六/十八九岁。
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