Discussion on the characteristics of English Numerals Idioms(英语论文).doc

Discussion on the characteristics of English Numerals Idioms [Abstract] English Numerals very extensive use of idioms. An accurate understanding of and proficiency in the composition of common English idioms Numerals, syntactic functions and semantic and rhetorical features to enrich our English is very good expression. ????????[Keywords:] English Numerals idioms pose a rhetorical characteristic semantic features of syntactic functions ???????? ????????English idiom referring to the numeral numerals together with other words with a fixed convention consisting of phrases or phrase, and some said the original meaning, and some said the extended meaning, or other rhetorical significance, or analogy, or exaggerated, or subtle euphemism, to make language more rich, lively, vivid, meaningful. ???????? ????????(A) structural characteristics of ???????? ????????From the formal point of view. English Idioms Numerals have the following main structures: ???????? ????????1. N1 and / or N2: N1 is the base word or ordinal numeral, N2 is the base word, ordinal numeral, or other words containing the number of concepts. ????????For example: Ive invited one or two friends to theparty this morning. (This morning I invited one or two friends to the party.) ????????There are common: two or three (a few), a thou-sand/hundred and one (of many), twenty and twenty (countless), five-and-ten (large department stores), etc.. ???????? ????????2. PN (p): P mainly refers to at, on, in, by such as prepositions, N (p) said the numeral or a numeral phrases, where N can be a base word or ordinal numeral, is the base word was there for the plural form . ????????For example: Everything in the house is at sixes andsevens, (everything in the house a mess.) ????????Such numerals idioms are: by / in twos and threes (3322), in two twos (a blink of an eye, and soon), to thenines (perfect, gorgeous land), by the hundred (s) (amounting to 100 account, the large numbers), like sixty (fast to ver