英语时间表示方法

1、英语时间表示用语时间表达方法4:00 four o'clockfour4 o'clock04:00 four in the morning4 a.m16:00 four in the afternoon4 p.m9:00 nine o'clocknine9 o'clock09:00 nine in the morning9 a.m21:00 nine in the eveningnine at night9 p.m12:00 twelve o'clocktwelve12 o'clock12:00 twelve in the morning,12

2、a.mmidday00:00 twelve at night12 p.mmidnight12:15,00:15 a quarter past twelve quarter past twelvetwelve fifteena quarter after twelve02:25,14:25 twenty-five past two twenty-five minutes past two two twenty-fivetwenty-five after two11:30,23:30 half past eleveneleven-thirtyhalf elevenhalf after eleven

3、12:45,00:45 a quarter to onequarter to onetwelve forty-five07:50,19:50 ten to eightten minutes to eightseven fifty下面的例句都是表示时间:1.What time is it, Gordon?Just after five.几点了,戈登?刚过5点。2.What's the time now?It's quarter past.现在是什么时刻?一刻了。3.Can you tell me the time?It's twenty-five past twelve.

4、你能告诉我几点了吗?12点25分。4.Have you got the time?It is nearly one o'clock.你知道现在是什么时间吗?快一点了。5.What time does the boat leave from New York?At a quarter past three in the afternoon.船什么时间离开纽约?下午3点15分。6.The time is six forty-five.现在是6点45分。7.My watch says six thirty.我的表是6点30分。8.It's five to eight and brea

5、kfast's at eight o'clock.现在差5分8点B,早餐八点钟开。9.The time was 10:35 hours Greenwich Mean Time.现在是格林威治平时10点35分。10.I'll be back at quarter past one.我1点15分回来。11.By eleven o'clock Brian was back in his office.布赖恩11点回到了办公室。12.At two o'clock in the morning caslon was still awake.到凌晨2点卡斯隆还没睡着

6、。13.You should be there no later than nine thirty.你必须在9点半前到那儿。14.Office hours are from 9 a.m to 6 p.m办公时间为早9点到下午6点。月份/星期英语简写一月JanuaryJan.二月FebruaryFeb.三月MarchMar.四月AprilApr.五月MayMay六月JuneJun.七月JulyJul.八月AugustAug.九月SeptemberSep.十月OctoberOct.十一月NovemberNov.十二月DecemberDec.星期一MondayMon.星期二TuesdayTue.星期

7、三WednesdayWed.星期四ThursdayThu.星期五FridayFri.星期六SaturdaySat.星期日SundaySun.日期的表达例句:1.What't the date today? It's July 2,2003.今天是几号?今天是2003年7月2号。2.Labour was defeated in the General Election on 19th June 1970.工党在1970年6月19日大选中败北。3.They married on December 9,1913.他们于1913年12月9日结婚。4.It's Monday th

8、e fifth of April.4月15日星期一。5.The case was heard in the High Court in February 1970.这个案件于1970年2月由高等法院审理。6.Where were you on the nights of February 4th and 7th?2月4日和7日晚上你都在什么地方?7.They lived toghther from December of that year until June of 1980.他们从那年12月到1980年6月一直住在一起。8.The paper he hands me has a 1975

9、date.他签发给我文件写的是1975年的日期。表达星期几的例句1.What day is today? Today is Tuesday, May the thirteenth.今天星期几?今天是5月13日星期二。2.every Tuesday for the next few months下几个月的每星期二3.I'm terrible busy on Saturdays.我在星期六特别忙。4.On Monday nights, the pupils go to the cinema.星期一的晚上,学生们去看电影。5.I've never worked on a Sunday

10、 in my whole life.我从未在星期日工作过。1840年eighteen forty1900年nineteen hundred1992年nineteen ninety-two2000年twentyhundred2003年twenty zero three注意:年份一般用基数词表示,写时可以用阿拉伯数字。读时一般先读前两位,再读后两位;整百的年份一般以hundred为单位。例如:1840年读为eighteen forty,象1900年、2000年直接以hundred为单位。年代表示方法:八十年代 eighties 指的是1980-1989,可写为1980's,另外1980-1

11、985可写为early eighties,1985-1989可写为late eighties。例如:1.in Stockholm in the thirties三十年代在斯德哥尔摩2.I went on a computer training course in the nineteen eighties.我在八十年代进过计算机培训班。在英式英语中,日期在前月份在后,即顺序为日月年,但在美式英语中,则月份在前日期在后,即顺序为月日年。这一点必须注意,否则会发生错误。例如:10-7-86或10/7/86,在英式英语中是表示July 10th1986(1986年7月10日,而在美式英语中,则表示O

12、ctober 7th 1986(1986年10月7日。我们使用的计算机上的时间就是美式英语。英美说法不同的还有,例如:这事发生在星期四。在英式英语中It happened on Thursday. 而在美式英语中为Ithappened Thursday.年、年代、世纪的读法也给中学生带来不少麻烦,在此,我们将分别举例说明。年的表达用基数词,一般有两种读法。Examples:541 B.C. 读作:five four one B.C或 five hundred fourty-oneB.C1800 读作:eighteen hundred1701 读作:seventeen oh one或 sevet

13、een hundred and one2000 读作:two thousand年代指十年(decade,采用“基数词加上十位数复数”的形式来表示,前面与介词“in”和定冠词“th e”搭配。Examples:in the 1840's 读作:in the eighteen fourties (十九世纪四十年代in the 1950's 读作:in the nineteen fifties(二十世纪五十年代in the '60's 读作:in the sixties(本世纪六十年代如要表示一个年代的初期、中期、末期,可在年代前分别加“early,mid,late”。如: in the early 1770's;in the late 1590's。世纪指一百年(century,用“the+序数词+cent