tense
The verb is in the present tense.
这个动词使用的是现在时态。
The bank is a ten minutes' run from the hotel.
从旅馆到银行跑步需十分钟。
It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
I make the distance anywhere between ten to twelve miles.
我猜想距离在十到十二英里之间。
Try to act naturally, even if you're tense.
即使紧张也不要做作。
It is also increasingly found in the present tense.
这种用法现亦逐渐多见於现在时态。
The foreman took on ten more men as bricklayers.
工头又雇佣了十多个人作泥瓦匠。
It is ten times louder than another.
它比另外一个的声音大十倍。
Most English verbs are inflected with `-ed' in the past tense.
英语大多数动词过去式词尾均变化为-ed的形式。
I have a coupon for ten pence off a packet of soap.
我有一张优惠券，买一盒肥皂可以便宜十便士。
He needed ten yuan to settle up this bill.
他需要十块钱来付清这一帐单。
If took ten men to wrestle the device into place.
用了10个人才把那台装置挪动到位。
I usually go to bed at half past ten.
我通常十点半睡觉。
The lecturer overran by ten minutes.
演讲人超过规定时间十分钟。
The mercury dived to ten below zero.
温度突然下降到零下10度。
He ordered ten cases of beaujolais and twenty cases of muscat.
他订了十箱博若莱葡萄和二十箱麝香葡萄酒。
A good cigarette will smoke at least ten minutes.
一支好烟至少可以抽10分钟。
He knocked back three pints of beer in ten minutes.
他在10分钟里喝了3品脱啤酒。
It's ten o'clock now. It's time to go to bed.
现在是10点了是就寝时间。
He lives in a house which was build ten years ago.
他住在一座10年前建造的房子。
She made a bid of ten dollars on the table.
那张桌子她出价十美元。
Ten years was the sum total of my education.
我受教育的年限加起来共十年。
The athlete got over the distance in ten minutes.
那个运动员用了10分钟跑完这段路程。
My uncle used to commute ten miles to the city.
我的叔父过去每天要走10英里到城里去。
Our daughter went out to Australia ten years ago.
我们的女儿十年前出国到澳大利亚去了。
The horse was running at odds of ten to one.
那匹马参赛赔率是十比一。
The house has sunk about ten centimeters.
那楝房屋下陷约十公分。
Ten soldiers were told off to dig ditches.
十名战士被分派去挖沟。
Ten days should be a big enough leeway to allow for delays.
把耽搁考虑在内，增加十天时间是绰绰有余的了。
During the riot there are ten cases of loot and two of arsons.
在暴乱中有10起抢劫案和两起纵火案。
She sit for a london constituency for ten years.
她代表伦敦选区当了10年的下院议员。
No less than ten students flunked the exam.
整整有十位学生在这次考试中不及格。
A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.
一角等于十分。
He carried through all his homework in ten minutes.
他在十分钟内完成了所有的家庭作业。
He was sent down for ten years for armed robbery.
他因持械抢劫被判入狱十年。
I received no less than ten thousand yen for my work.
我的工资多达一万日元。
The farthest distance I've run is ten miles.
我跑过的最长的距离是十英里。
The horse is running at odds of ten to one.
那匹马参赛赔率是十比一。
Did you know that Peter was sent up for ten years?
你知道彼得被判处10年徒刑吗？
There are ten people altogether.
这里总共有十个人。
I cycled for nearly ten miles before I ran out of steam.
我骑了约10英里的车便感到筋疲力尽了。
One in ten say they preferred their old brand of margarine.
有十分之一的人说比较喜欢老牌子的人造黄油。
The capital cost is amortizable over a period of ten years.
资本费用可在十年之内分期偿还。
It take the negotiator ten hours to nail down a deal.
参加协商的人花了十个小时才敲定一桩生意。
The committee consists of ten members.
委员会由十人组成。
A ticket tout offered me a two pound ticket for ten pounds.
票贩子索价十镑向我兜售原价两镑的票子。
Father used to commute ten miles from his home in the country.
父亲过去每天从乡下的家走十英里来此。
This river is ten times the length of that River.
这条河的长度是那条河的十倍。
I could hardly scare up ten shillings.
我连十个先令也得不到。
After ten years in prison, he was a free man again.
他坐了十年监狱，又成了自由人。