thousands

  • n.数千(thousand 的复数)
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  1. The damage was such that it would cost thousands to repair .

    损坏严重,要修好就得花几千块钱。

  2. Thousands of working days were lost through strikes last year .

    去年因罢工损失了数以千计的工作日。

  3. The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time .

    这种鱼一次产卵数千个。

  4. Thousands of people paid good money to watch the band perform .

    成千上万的人花很多钱去观看这支乐队的演出。

  5. Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk .

    有几十万人正处于危险中。

  6. Thousands of pieces of data are stored in a computer 's memory .

    在计算机的存储器中存有成千上万条数据。

  7. Thousands moved to the area to prospect for gold .

    数以千计的人涌入那个地区淘金。

  8. There were thousands of people there .

    那里有成千上万的人。

  9. The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business .

    罢工使他们失去了几千英镑的生意。

  10. There were thousands of people there ─ well , hundreds , anyway .

    那里有数以千计的人,噢,至少几百人。

  11. The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems .

    公司花了几千英镑更新计算机系统。

  12. Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment .

    成千上万的青年正面临长期待业状况。

  13. Cancer kills thousands of people every year .

    每年数以千计的人死于癌症。

  14. During the recession thousands of small businesses went broke .

    经济衰退期间成千上万家小企业被迫关门了。

  15. That one mistake left him thousands of pounds out of pocket .

    那一次失误让他损失了数千英镑。

  16. There are thousands of verbs in English and most are regular .

    英语有数千个动词,大多数是规则动词。

  17. He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars .

    他积欠了数千元的信用卡借款。

  18. Thousands were forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in search of work .

    成千上万的人为了寻找工作被迫从农村涌进城市。

  19. People flocked in their thousands to see her .

    现场聚集了数以千计的人争相目睹她的风采。

  20. A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars .

    一个彻底失败的经营项目使他损失严重。

  21. The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths .

    气旋已经造成了成千上万的人死亡。

  22. Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year 's harvest .

    由于今年粮食歉收,成千上万的人在挨饿。

  23. At the stroke of a pen they removed thousands of people from the welfare system .

    他们大笔一挥,就把成千上万的人排除在福利制度之外。

  24. The cost ran into the thousands .

    成本达到千位数。

  25. Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year .

    每年都有几千公顷的森林遭到破坏。

  26. The group will study how the region coped with the loss of thousands of jobs .

    该小组将考察这一地区是如何应对减少几千个工作岗位的局面的。

  27. Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy .

    数千名工厂工人面临裁汰。

  28. Thousands of people flocked to the beach this weekend .

    这个周末有好几千人蜂拥到了海滩。

  29. Thousands of earthquake victims are still waiting to be rehoused .

    数千名地震灾民仍在等待安排新住处。

  30. Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities .

    成千上万赤贫的农民急切盼望搬到城里去。