ten /ten/► SEE ALLten out of ten (for sth)ten to one…nine times out of tentwo/ten a penny ●ˌten out of ˈten (for sth) (BrE, oftenironic) used to say that sb has guessed sth correctly or done sth very well百分之百；打满分；完全正确◆Not brilliant, Robyn, but I’ll give you ten out of ten for effort. 做得不算很好，罗宾，可是要论努力的话我给你打满分。●ˌten to ˈone…it is very likely that…; very probably十之八九；很可能◆Ten to one they’ll never find out who did it anyway. 十有八九，他们永远发现不了这是谁干的。●ˌnine times out of ˈten ( ˌninety-nine ˌtimes out of a ˈhundred) almost always十有八九；大抵；几乎总是◆Nine times out of ten our opponents will beat us. We just hope this is the one in ten.十有八九我们都会被对手打败，只希望这次是例外。◆Ninety-nine times out of a hundred she’s right about people but this time she was wrong.她对别人的看法十有八九都正确，不过这次她错了。●two/ten a ˈpenny (BrE) (NAmEa ˌdime a ˈdozen) very cheap or very common, and therefore not valuable多得不值钱；廉价而易得◆In the small towns on the coast, lobsters are two a penny.在海滨小镇，龙虾十分便宜。◆Finding a job will be difficult. History teachers are ten a penny at the moment.找工作太难了，现在历史老师遍地都是。