seventy
seventy — 數詞
1. the value 70, used before a noun to say how many things or people there are
七十
用於名詞前表示數量七十
the value 70, used before a noun to say how many things or people there are
The hotel has seventy rooms available for guests.
這間旅館有七十間客房可供客人住宿。
seventy + noun for counting rooms
Hamza invited over seventy people to his wedding party.
Hamza 邀請了超過七十個人參加他的婚禮。
over seventy for approximate amounts
The charity collected more than seventy thousand dollars this year.
這家慈善機構今年募到了超過七萬美元。
It takes about seventy minutes to drive from the station to the airport.
從車站開車到機場大約需要七十分鐘。
Seventy students from our school passed the final exam.
我們學校有七十名學生通過了期末考。
文法句型
seventy + noun
常見錯誤
seventy — 名詞
1. the figure or word 70, when you talk about it as the name of a number
七十數
七十這個數字本身
the figure or word 70, when you talk about it as the name of a number
If you multiply seven by ten, the answer is seventy.
如果把七乘以十，答案就是七十。
seventy as the result of a calculation
Can you write the number seventy in words on this form?
請在這張表格上用文字寫出「七十」這個數字。
Seventy is an even number that can be divided by ten.
七十是偶數，可以被十整除。
The teacher asked the class to count from sixty to seventy.
老師要全班從六十數到七十。
文法句型
the number seventy
用法筆記
Unlike the number sense, this sense treats 'seventy' as a countable noun (e.g., 'a seventy' is possible but rare). It is most common in arithmetic or when naming the figure itself.
2. the ages, years, or amounts that are between 70 and 79
七十幾
七十到七十九之間的數字
the ages, years, or amounts that are between 70 and 79
Adaeze's grandfather is in his seventies and still very active.
Adaeze 的祖父已經七十幾歲了，身體還是很硬朗。
in his/her + seventies for age
The temperature stayed in the low seventies all week long.
整個星期氣溫都維持在七十幾度（華氏）。
Harper grew up in the nineteen-seventies in a small town.
Harper 是在一九七〇年代的小鎮長大的。
House prices in this area are now in the mid-seventies.
這個地區的房價現在落在七十幾萬（美元）。
Rohan's grandmother is in her late seventies and still travels.
Rohan 的祖母已經七十好幾了，還是到處旅行。
文法句型
in + possessive + seventies
the + seventies
用法筆記
Always used in the plural form 'seventies'. Commonly follows a possessive pronoun ('his', 'her', 'my', 'their') for age, or the definite article ('the') for decades or temperature ranges. Can be modified by 'early', 'mid-', or 'late' to specify a narrower part of the range.