大家都知道number的意思是“數字”，但是number短語的意思可沒有這么簡單。它們可以表示“氣數已盡”、“受歡迎的人或事”、“人多力量大”等多種意思，很不可思議吧！我們一起來學習一下吧！
1.When a young child answered，I knew I had the wrong number．
一個小孩接起了電話，我知道我撥錯號了。
2.Working on the principle that there's safety in numbers，we decided we should all go and complain together．
本著“人多力量大”的信念，我們決定一起去投訴。
3.Inflation has been public enemy number one for this government．
通貨膨脹是現任政府的頭號公敵。
4.Todd numbered himself with the top athletes at the school．
托德認為自己是學校最好的運動員之一。
5.Please number off by tens．
十人一組報數！
6.This car came hurtling towards me and I thought my number was up．
那輛車朝我疾馳過來的時候，我想我死定了。
7.You gotta look after number one，right？
人總要為自己打算，不是嗎？
8.Please tell me in round numbers what it'll cost．
告訴我大概的成本就行。
9.I'm not worried about Taylor.I've got his number and I know what to expect．
我不擔心泰勒，我了解他的招數，知道怎么應對。
10.The man who came to fix my roof certainly did a number on me.He said he'd do the work for1,500dollars but when he finished,he charged me more than 3,000！
來給我修屋頂那個人騙了我，他起先開價1,500美元，但是完工后卻要3,000多美元。
11.She may not look like a number cruncher but she's with a big firm of accountants．
雖然她看起來不像是擅于數學運算的人，但是她在一家知名的會計師事務所工作。
12.Our printer has broken down quite frequently in the past months.its days are probably numbered．
我們的打印機過去幾個月里常常出狀況，估計也挨不了多久了。
13.A friend let me drive his sports car and now I know why it's such a hot number. It gets up to 60 before you know it and it looks like an airplane ready to take off．
一個朋友讓我開了開他的跑車，現在我終于明白為什么跑車這么招人喜歡了。它的速度在不知不覺中就能飆到每小時六十英里，而且車子看來就像一架振翅欲飛的飛機。
14.Though it is just a back numer，it is very important to me．
雖然這只是一本過期雜志，但它對我來說非常重要。
