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[数] [计] decimal system，decimal base，decimalism，algorism，decimalist ；

[例句] 英国于1971年开始使用十进制的1便士和2便士硬币。 In 1971, the 1p and 2p decimal coins were introduced in Britain.

[例句] 他懂得十进制的用法. He knows the decimal rules.

cross，crisscross ；

[例句] 他们折磨他,把他成十字形地钉死在一棵树上. They scourged him and crucified him upon a tree.

[例句] 该岛呈十字形. This island is in the shape of a cross.

eighteen，octadeca- ；

[例句] 他放出话说他将使出十八般武艺。 He has said he will use all the weapons at his disposal.

[例句] 十八世纪的建筑风格 the architecture of the eighteenth century

fourteen ；

[例句] 我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己. I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.

[例句] 一队学生鱼贯而入, 共有十四五个人. A group of students filed in, fourteen or fifteen all told.

very，fully，utterly，extremely，damned ；

[例句] 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.

[例句] 这听上去也许微不足道，但是，相信我，它十分重要！ This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important!

100 per cent，out-and-out，sheer，downright ；

[例句] 她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。 On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.

[例句] 这个城市本身充满活力，个性十足。 The town itself was full of life and character.

milliard，billion，[电影]A Million；

[例句] 也许要花上几十亿卢布才能赔偿这一损失。 It may cost several billion roubles to make good the damage.

[例句] 几十亿英镑都取决于这次选举的结果。 Billions of pounds are riding on the outcome of the election.

seventeen ；

[例句] 早在十七岁的小小年纪,我就离开了家. At the tender age of seventeen I left home.

[例句] 通常总共只有十一二个会员。现在将至少有十七个。 Normally it has only had eleven or twelve members in all. Now it will have seventeen at the very least.

fifteen，pentadeca-(pentadecahydrate 十五水合物)，pentadec- ；

[例句] 圣女贞德终于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封为圣徒。 Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.

[例句] 她三十五六岁了。 She's in her mid-thirties.

sixteen，ethal，cabasset，caroche，virginal ；

[例句] 107这个数用十六进制表示为6B。 The number 107 is represented in hexadecimal as 6B.

[例句] 她十六岁，而智力年龄是五岁。 She is sixteen but has a mental age of five.

cross，Latin Cross，crucifix，rood，[电影]Calvaire；

[例句] 她脖子上戴着一条银项链，上面挂着个十字架。 Round her neck was a cross on a silver chain.

[例句] 墙壁上刻着十字架。 Crosses were etched into the walls.

decennium，decade ；

[例句] 结婚二十年里，他只像样地度过两次假。 In twenty years of mar-riage he has only taken two proper vacations.

[例句] 委员会的结论将十年来的否认和掩饰无情地揭开。 The commission's conclusions sweep away a decade of denials and cover-ups.

thirteen，baker's dozen，a baker's dozen，[电影]The Thirteen；

[例句] 很多人认为十三是个不吉利的数字. Many people think thirteen is an evil number.

[例句] 一本题为《金色十三》的新书讲述了他们的故事。 Their story is the subject of a new book titled "The Golden Thirteen".

（公历） October，the tenth month of the lunar year，the tenth moon，Oct，Oct.；

[例句] 秋天从八月开始, 一直持续到十月. Autumn starts in August, and goes on to October.

[例句] 请把截止到十月十号的账目送来. Please send your accounts for the period finishing with 10 October.

[化] hexadecane，cetane ；

[例句] 芳烃加氢饱和及开环反应是一种提高柴油十六烷值的有效途径. Its hydrogenation activity in aromatics saturation and ring opening activity were investigated.

[例句] 合成的正十六烷糖 ( sr123781 ),显示良好的抗凝血活性. A synthetic hexadecasaccharide. ( SR 123781 ) that displays excellent anticoagulant activity.

sixty，threescore ；

[例句] 年届六十的男人们和少年小伙们并肩作战。 Men aged 60 are fighting alongside young boys.

[例句] 他已六十多岁了, 可是还强壮得很. He is now well over sixty, but is still going strong.

November，the eleventh month of the lunar year，the eleventh moon，Nov，Nov. ；

[例句] 感恩节通常在十一月最后的星期四. Thanksgiving Day is usually on the last Thursday in November.

[例句] 十一月十四日晨,伊利的柯蒂斯推进式双翼机被吊上船. Early on 14 November Ely Curtiss's pusher biplane was hoisted aboard.

tenfold，deca-，decuple ；

[例句] 在过去一百二十年中,人口已膨胀了十倍. In the past 120 years the population has increased tenfold.

[例句] 卖黄牛票的把音乐会的票以原价的十倍卖出. Scalpers sold tickets to the concert for ten times the original price.

（公[国]历） December，the twelfth month of the lunar year，the twelfth moon，Dec ；

[例句] 她现在回顾十二月里那决定性的一天。 She looked back now to that fateful day in December.

[例句] 他十二月毕业, 如果他们不把他开除出去的话. He finishes in December, if they don't throw him out sooner.

eleven ；

[例句] 鸣 二十一 响礼炮庆祝女王的生日. The Queen's birthday was honoured by a 21 - gun salute.

[例句] 她与其他十一位陪审员一起宣誓就职. She was sworn in, along with eleven other jurors.