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A1 （数字）10
the number 10
Her father died ten years ago. 她的父亲在十年前去世了。
We can take ten (people) in the minibus. 我们的小巴可以载10人。
- More examples
- Let's count out loud from one to ten.
- To divide by ten, move the decimal point one place to the left.
- Empty the soup into a saucepan and simmer gently for ten minutes.
- The boat is ten metres in length.
- Nine out of ten people said they liked the product.
Idioms
ten to oneidiom 十之八九
If you say ten to one something will or will not happen, you mean it is very likely that it will or will not happen.
Ten to one he won't be there tonight. 他今晚十有八九不会去那里。
be/go down to ten menidiom （足球比赛中）一名球员被罚下场，只剩下十名球员
in football, to have a player on your team sent off (= ordered to leave the playing area because they have done something wrong), leaving ten players to play the rest of the game
By half time, the team was down to ten men after the captain was sent off. 到下半场时，在队长被罚下场后，全队不得不以十人应战。