习语中hundred并不是表示精确数字,总是强调数目之多,如:
by the hundred(by hundreds) (数以百计,大量大量地);
a cool hundred([口]百镑巨款,巨款);
hundred percent(百分之百,完全地);
hundreds of thousands of people(成千上万的人);
hundreds of millions of people(亿万人)
eg. a hundred to one一百比一,指概率极高(high probability),很可能。
eg. ninety-nine out of a hundred意义与前者类似:百分之九十九,几乎全部,差不多一直.
eg. a hundred and one很多,如:in a hundred and one ways(想方设法地)
eg. We have a hundred and one things to do.并不是具体说明要做一百零一件事,而是强调 有很多事要做.
eg. hundreds and thousands 指的是糕点上作点缀用的小蜜饯(或小糖果)。不过,great.
If you kill one flea2 in March you kill a hundred. 3月杀跳蚤,杀一少百。
One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life,but one must hear of it a hundred times. 蠢事一生不可做一件,但必然会听到成百上千。
One enemy is too much for a man in a great post,and a hundred friends too few. 身居要职,朋友百人太少,敌人一个太多。
One father is more than a hundred school masters. 胜过师长百位。
One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 强手百双,莫如智者一人。
One man is worth a hundred and a hundred is not worth one. 一人可抵一百,一百不抵一人。
What is lost in the hundred will be found in the shire. 乡里丢失,郡里可得。
本句中hundred指的县或郡是基层行政单位 (subpision of county3 or shire,having its own court),大概等于乡或镇。据Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,刚开始可能是100 hides 组成一个基层行政单位,因此有了 hundred 的名字。 (hide是英国昔日之地积单价,等于60至120 英亩不等)。
When angry,count ten before yoll speak; if very angry,a hundred. 生气时说话前先数十,大怒中数百后再开口。