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num.ber SYMBOLH5nQm7bE5, $-bLn [C](a sign or symbol representing) a unit which forms part of the system of counting and calculating（总称）数One, six, fifteen, sixty-two and one hundred are all numbers. 1, 6, 15, 62和100都是数字。"What's your favourite number?""Seven."“你最喜欢的数字是什么?”“7”I never was much good at/with numbers (= adding, subtracting, etc.).我从来就不擅长算术。A number (abbreviation no) can also be one of a series of the symbols used in counting, which is used to mark a particular example of something.号码They used to live at number 34 Orchard Street.他们以前住在果园街34号。Please write your credit card number on this form.请把你的信用卡号填在这张表格上。What's our flight number?我们的航班号是多少?The prisoners were all known by number.囚犯都是以号码来辨认的。A number is also a telephone number.电话号码I gave him my number and he promised to call me.我把电话号码给了他，他答应打电话给我。If you do something (Br and Aus) by numbers/ (Am) by the numbers, you do it according to a plan that has been decided previously, without using your own imagination and ideas.机械地; 一板一眼地This is story-writing/painting by numbers--there's nothing original here.这是一板一眼写出来的故事/画出来的画----这里面没有什么创新的东西。(slang) If you have someone's number, you know a lot about them and so you have an advantage over that person.了解某人; 对某人心中有数Don't worry, I've got his number, he doesn't fool me.别担心，我知道他的招式，他没有愚弄我。(infml) If someone's number is up, they are going to die.（某人）寿数已尽When the plane started to shake, Colin thought his number was up.当飞机开始摇晃的，科林觉得他要完蛋了。Number-crunching is mathematical work performed either by people or computers which is often quite simple but takes a long time.捣弄数字It's really not very interesting work, just a lot of number-crunching.这实在不是一项有趣的工作，只不过大量地捣弄数字而已。I'm only a number-cruncher in the accounts department.我只不过是个在会计部里与数字打交道的人。(infml) Number one (esp. Am also numero uno) means yourself and no one else.自身利益; 自我Frank is completely selfish--he only cares about number one.弗兰克非常自私----他只关心自己。I'm going to look out for number one (= take care of myself only).我只打算照顾我自己。A person or organization that is number one is the most important one.头号人物She's still the world number one in tennis.她仍然是世界头号网球选手。(Br and Aus) A number plate (Am license plate) is the sign on the front and the back of a motor vehicle that shows its registration number.汽车牌照In the US, a numbers game or the numbers is an illegal way of risking paying money in order to guess about the appearance of particular combinations of numbers, such as in a newspaper.（美） 彩票赌博In Britain, Number Ten (abbreviation No 10) is used to refer to the Prime Minister or to the people who work for or represent the Prime Minister. It is short for 'Number Ten, Downing Street, 'in London, where the Prime Minister lives and meets with government officials and other people.指首相，为首相工作或代表首相的人; 唐宁街10号（英国首相府邸）Number Ten announced tonight that the election will be on April 6.首相今晚宣布，选举将于四月六日举行。
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