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Idioms - 10
十 - There are only ten of these rare animals left.
这些珍稀动物只剩下十只了。 - ten of Sweden’s top financial experts
瑞典十位顶级金融专家 - Twelve people were invited but only ten turned up.
邀请了十二个人，但只有十人到场。 - Do you have change for ten dollars?
你有十美元的零钱吗？ - a ten-month contract
十个月的合同 - Look at page ten.
看第十页。 - Ten and two is twelve.
十加二等于十二。 - Two tens are twenty.
两个十就是二十。 - I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a ten?
我看不懂你写的——这意味着是十吗？ - The bulbs are planted in sevens or tens (= groups of seven or ten).
球茎以七个或十个为一组（= 七个或十个为一组）种植。 - We moved to America when I was ten (= ten years old).
我十岁时（=十岁）我们搬到了美国。 - Shall we meet at ten (= at ten o'clock), then?
那么我们十点见面好吗？
Word OriginOld English tēn, tīen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tien and German zehn, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit daśa, Greek deka, and Latin decem. - There are only ten of these rare animals left.
Idioms
ten out of ten (for something)
- (British English, often ironic) used to say that somebody has guessed something correctly or done something very well
完全正确；得满分 - Not brilliant, Robyn, but I'll give you ten out of ten for effort.
做得不算顶好，罗宾，但要论卖力气我给你打满分。
- Not brilliant, Robyn, but I'll give you ten out of ten for effort.
ten to one
- (informal) very probably
十之八九；非常可能 - Ten to one he'll be late.
十之八九他会迟到。
- Ten to one he'll be late.
two/ten a penny (British English)
(North American English a dime a dozen)
- very common and therefore not valuable
普通得不值钱；（因常见而）价值低 - Teachers of history are ten a penny.
历史老师一便士十块。
- Teachers of history are ten a penny.