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1. On the night of December1,1930, a cloud of smog moved over a valley in Belgium, which caused thousands of people to become ill.

1930年12月1日晚上,一片烟雾飘过比利时的一个山谷,这使数千人病倒了。

2. Infant mortality (ie The rate at which babies die) was 20 deaths per thousand live births in 1986.

1986年的婴儿死亡率为生育成活率的千分之二十。

3. The wildfires of 1987 destroyed thousands of acres of the forest.

一九八七年的野火毁灭了千万公顷的森林。

4. A thousand people signed the petition.

一千人在请愿书上签了名。

5. One thousand grams are equal to one kilogram.

一千克等於一公斤。

6. How many hundreds are there in a thousand?

一千里有多少个一百?

7. One thousand millionth of a second.

一秒的十亿分之一。

8. Three thousand armed satellites escorted his steps.

三千名武装随从紧跟其后。

9. Dan won a cool thousand dollars.

丹赢了整整一千元。

10. Men have lived here for thousands of years.

人们在这儿已经生活几千年了。

11. Men have been making music for thousands of years.

人类创作音乐已有数千年历史。

12. The civilization of mankind has taken thousands of years.

人类经数千年才文明开化。

13. Today small reservoirs number tens of thousands.

今天小型水库已有成千上万。

14. The aggregate number of unemployed is fifty thousand this year.

今年失业人数总共达五万人。

15. The number of new workers this year approaches to three thousand.

今年新工人的人数近三千人。

16. Received from Miss Wang Juan the sum of two thousand yuan.

今收到王娟小姐还款人民币两千元整。

17. She was picked out from thousands of applicants for the job.

从数千申请人中挑选出她来做那份工作。

18. He bought the canvas for ten thousand dollars.

他以一万美元买下这幅油画。

19. They robbed thousands of voters of their suffrage.

他们剥夺了成千上万选民的选举权。

20. They started life anew thousands of miles away.

他们在几千英里以外重新开始生活。

21. There they formed an army of about two thousand men.

他们在那里组建了一支两千人的军队。

22. They were doing the experiment in a thousand and one ways.

他们正千方百计地做试验。

23. They burnt thousands of pagans.

他们烧死了数千名异教徒。

24. He made a profit of fifty thousand US dollars on his house.

他卖掉房子获利五万美元。

25. Edison made thousands of inventions.

他发明了上千的东西。

26. He donated thousands of pounds to charity.

他向慈善事业捐款数千英镑。

27. He planked down his ten thousand.

他当场付了一万元。

28. He kicked the bid up another thousand.

他把出价又抬高了一千元。

29. He noticed her necklace. Such jewels must have cost thousands, he thought.

他注意到了她的项链. 他想,这样的首饰价值一定上千了。

30. His debts mounted to thousands of dollars.

他的债务增至几千美元。

31. He defrauded his employers of thousands of dollars.

他诈取了他的雇主一大笔钱。

32. Membership decline to three thousands.

会员减少到了3000人。

33. The cops and firefighters knew they might take heat from the hundreds of thousands of subway, bus and commuter line riders, as well as motorists, who would be delayed in the evening rush.

几十万地下铁路、公共汽车以及通勤铁路的乘客,还有自己开车的人,在傍晚下班时交通将受耽搁,警察和救火队员知道那些人将会怪罪他们。

34. The cost of the whole work was below two thousand dollars.

办理此事的全部费用在两千元以下。

35. Thousands of people died of famine.

千千万万的人死于饥荒。

36. India has thousands of miles of track.

印度有数千英里的铁道。

37. Conversely, intelligent beings which are just beginning to develop on remote worlds may be ready to pick up our signals in thousands of years.

反过来说,其他星球上的刚刚开始进化的智力生命,他们要过几千年之后,也许才可能收到我们的信号。

38. Just wait till I get that two hundred thousand dollar!

只要等我拿到那20万美元的时候。

39. Smith signaled the auctioneer quietly and kicked the bid up another thousand.

史密斯悄悄地向地向拍卖人做手势,然后把出价又抬高了1,000元。

40. One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.

合法取得的一辨士,胜于非法取得的一千辨士。

41. The audience was no less than five thousand.

听众有五千人之多。

42. The audience was not less than five thousand.

听众至少也有五千人。

43. Alas, poor duke! the task he undertakes is numbering sands, and drinking oceans dry: Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly.

唉!可怜的公爵!他担负的工作简直是数沙饮海; 一个人站在他一边作战,就有1000人转身逃走。

44. During the civil war thousands of people fled the country.

在内战期间成千上万的人逃离了这个国家。

45. Five thousand people were flown to Paris during the Easter weekend.

在复活节的周末有五千人乘飞机去巴黎。

46. In continental European countries the thousands in numbers larger than9999 are pointed off.

在欧洲大陆各国,大于9999的数字中的各个千位用点分开。

47. In Holland thousands of hectares have been reclaimed from the sea and turned over to arable land and pasture.

在荷兰,人们拦海造田已开垦了成千上万公顷的土地并将它们变成可耕地和牧场。

48. In the Alamo battle, less than two hundred defenders repulsed the attacks by thousands of Mexicans in twelve days.

在阿拉摩战役中,不满二百人的守军在十二天内击退了几千墨西哥人一次又一次的进攻。

49. In the Alamo battle, less than two hundred defenders repulse the attack by thousands of Mexican in twelve days.

在阿拉摩战役中,不满二百人的守军在十二天内击退了几千墨西哥人一次又一次的进攻。

50. Landed a thousand miles downrange; the downrange target area.

在顺发射方向一千英里处着陆; 发射方向的目标区域

51. The earthquake claimed thousands of lives/victims.

地震夺去数以千计的[人]罹难者的生命.

52. Every night during the summer thousands of young people kip out on the beaches.

夏天每晚都有成千上万的年轻人在海滩上露宿。

53. She just took out her purse and paid a thousand in cash: what a cool customer!

她从容地掏出钱夹付了一千镑现金,多麽豪爽!

54. She lives in a ten thousand strong Chinese community.

她住在一个足有一万人的华人社区。

55. She's got a few thousand pounds put away for her retirement.

她已存了几千镑以备退休之用。

56. She has a thousand pounds a month coming in from her investments.

她每月从投资中得到一千英镑收入。

57. Student B: Tug of war by ten thousands people?

学生乙:万人拔河?

58. The student cafeteria feed two thousand people a day.

学生食堂一天要为两千人供应饭菜。

59. It travels thousands of miles per second.

它一秒钟能走几千英里。

60. A blockade of all the harbor of that country will require thousands of war-ships.

封锁那个国家的所有港口需要成千上万艘战舰。

61. Even the plot which had been considered too salty ever to grow anything on brought in a thousand jin of grain last year.

就连那块被认为是不能种什么东西的盐碱地,去年也户了一千斤粮食。

62. All though thousands of enthusiastic.-fans shouted for him, he was defeated at last.

尽管成千上万的球迷大声喊者支持他,最后他还是输了。

63. The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors.

展览吸引了成千上万的参观者。

64. The city subway carry hundreds of thousands of passenger a day.

市内的地下铁每天运载数十万乘客。

65. Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.

广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。

66. Just fancy! A rich husband, a car of your own, and ten thousand pounds a year to spend on yourself.

想想看!可以得到一个富有的丈夫,一辆自己的汽车,并可一年在自己身上花10,000英镑。

67. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea.

成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海。

68. Thousands of trees were lost in the forest fire.

成千上万棵树在森林大火中烧毁。

69. Thousands upon thousands of people attended the ceremony.

成千上万的人参加了那个仪式。

70. Thousands of people jammed the stadium.

成千上万的人把体育场挤得满满的。

71. Thousands refused to pay their taxes.

成千上万的人拒绝缴纳他们的税款。

72. Thousands of people packed into the stadium.

成千上万的人挤近体育馆。

73. Thousands of people gathered for the pop festival.

成千上万的人聚集来参加流行音乐会。

74. Tens of thousands of people were gathered there.

成千上万的人被召集到那里。

75. Thousands of people were flooded out.

成千上万的人被洪水赶出了家园。

76. Thousands of men were employed in the production of cars.

成千上万的人被雇用来生产汽车。

77. Thousands of cattle are starving.

成千上万的牛正在挨饿。

78. Thousands of airmen are filling in for Army troops.

成千上万的空军官兵被充实到陆军部队中。

79. Thousands of buffalo were killed by hunters.

成千上万的野牛遭到猎杀。

80. Thousands and tens of thousands!

成千成万!

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