英语“加、减、乘、除”的来历

金晖学校 四年级一班 张栩豪

<h3>一、加</h3><div><br></div><div>英语的“加”叫add,来自拉丁语addo,ad即“to”; do “put”合起来即put to,也就是“加上”。请看以下add的用例:</div><div><br></div><div>Add 360 to the total. 在总数上再加360。</div><div><br></div><div>The costs added up to 1000 dollars. 费用总计为1000美元。</div><div><br></div><div>First, we add water;next we boil. 我们先加水,接着把水煮开。</div><div><br></div><div>注:类似“3+4=7”这样的算式,可用以下包含add的英语句子表达:</div><div><br></div><div>Three added to four makes seven.</div><div><br></div><div>Three and four add up to seven.</div><div><br></div><div>If you add three to four, you get seven.</div><div><br></div><div>二、减</div><div><br></div><div>减,英语subtract,来自拉丁语的subtractus;sub即“away”; tractus “taken”。“减”就是“take away(去掉)”。请看以下用例:</div><div><br></div><div>If you subtract 3 from 5, you get 2. 五减去三就得二。</div><div><br></div><div>My son has begun to learn to add and subtract. 我的儿子已在学做加减法了。</div> <h3>三、乘</h3><div><br></div><div>“乘”叫multiply,来自拉丁语的multiplico;multus是“many”的意思;plico, “fold(倍)”,multiply即“manifold(多数倍的)”。请看例句:</div><div><br></div><div>Five multiplied by three is fifteen. 5乘以3等于15。</div><div><br></div><div>表示两数相乘时,除可用multiply, 也可用times。如:</div><div><br></div><div>Five times eight is forty.</div><div><br></div><div>=Five multiplied by eight is forty. 5乘以8等于40。</div><div><br></div><div>注:在Five multiplied by eight is forty中,multiplied by eight为修饰five的过去分词短语(用作定语;句子主语是five),其中的multiplied不能换成multiplying或to multiply等。比较:</div><div><br></div><div>If you multiply 7 by 15, you get 105. 如果用15乘以5,结果是105。</div><div><br></div><div>四、除</div><div><br></div><div>“除”叫divide,是“分开”的意思,来自拉丁语的divido; di即“apart”;vid-, “separate”。请看用例:</div><div><br></div><div>If you divide 20 by 4, the answer is 5. 如果你把20除以4,那么商就是5。</div><div><br></div><div>Ten divided by five is two. 10除以5得2。</div><div><br></div><div>Three will not divide into eleven. 三除不尽十一。</div><div><br></div><div> </div> <h3>咨询电话 / 微信 同步 美孚英语 15376998000</h3>

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