hundred ['hʌn.drəd] number (plural hundred or hundreds) ESSENTIAL ■the number 100 (数字)100•We've driven a/one hundred miles in the last two hours.这两个小时我们已经开了100英哩了。 •"How many children are there in the school?" "About three hundred."「这所学校里有多少孩子?」 「大约300个。」 •That dress costs hundreds of pounds.那条裙子价值数百英镑。 a hundred/hundreds of sth informal ■a large number 很多,大量•There were hundreds of people at the pool today.今天游泳池里人很多。 •There are a hundred shirts waiting to be ironed.有一大堆衬衫要烫呢。 the hundreds ■numbers between 100 and 1000 三位数字(100至1000间的数字)•He expects the total amount to be in the low hundreds.他预计总量会有小几百。 the eighteen/nineteen, etc. hundreds ■the years of a particular century 某个世纪•The house was built in the sixteen hundreds.这座房子建于17世纪。 one/two/three, etc. hundred hours ■used to say the time using the 24-hour system, especially used in the military 用于表达24小时制的时间,尤用于军事•Breakfast is at seven hundred hours.早餐七点开始。 ['hʌn.drəd] number (plural hundred or hundreds) a/one hundred per cent ■completely 完全地;百分之百地•I agree with you one hundred per cent.我百分之百同意你的意见。 •I'm better than I was last week but I'm still not (feeling) a hundred per cent (= I'm not completely well).我比上周好一些了,但还没完全痊愈。 ['hʌn.drəd] number (plural hundred or hundreds) Common Learner Errors hundreds (of sth) or hundred?When hundred is used after a particular number, it is used in the singular form and without 'of'.Don't say 'five/ten/fifteen hundred of sth', say five/ten/fifteen hundred sth: ✗ There were six hundreds of people at the conference.There were six hundred people at the conference.When hundred is used without a particular number, it is used in the plural form and is sometimes followed by 'of':There were hundreds (of people) at the conference. |