“/” 和 “\” 有什么區(qū)別？英語(yǔ)千萬(wàn)別讀成“gang”……

The difference between a backslash and a forward slash might not seem much. But these symbols aren’t interchangeable, and only one is technically used as punctuation.

反斜杠(\)和正斜杠(/)看起來(lái)似乎區(qū)別不大。但這些符號(hào)是不可互換的，嚴(yán)格來(lái)說(shuō)這兩者只有一種能被當(dāng)作標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)用在書(shū)面表達(dá)上。

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The forward slash is a common punctuation mark, especially in less formal writing. It is usually used in place of ‘or’ when presenting a series of options or alternatives:

正斜杠是一種常見(jiàn)的標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)，特別是在不太正式的寫(xiě)作中。它通常被用來(lái)代替“或者”或當(dāng)提出一系列的選項(xiàng)時(shí)使用。

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Every student must do his/her reading before class.

每個(gè)學(xué)生必須在課前完成他或她的閱讀任務(wù)。

Using a slash between ‘his’ and ‘her’ here is the same as saying ‘his or her’. Generally, though, you would not use a forward slash like this in formal writing, where writing ‘or’ would be standard.

在“his”和“her”之間使用斜杠相當(dāng)于“他”或“她”。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，在正式寫(xiě)作中，你不會(huì)使用像這樣的斜杠，而應(yīng)該用單詞or。

The forward slash has other uses, too, including the following:

正斜杠還有其他用途，包括以下內(nèi)容：

1??Writing fractions or as a division sign (e.g. 3/5 = three fifths)

書(shū)寫(xiě)分?jǐn)?shù)或者作為除號(hào)(比方說(shuō)3/5就是五分之三)

2??Writing the date (e.g. 21/04/1986 = 21 April 1986)

書(shū)寫(xiě)日期時(shí)(比方說(shuō)21/04/1986就是1986年4月21日)

3??To mean ‘per’ in a measurement (e.g. 10 m/s = ten metres per second)

在單位里表達(dá)“每”(比方說(shuō)10 m/s表示每秒十米)

4??In certain abbreviations (e.g. c/o = care of, n/a = not applicable)

在某些縮寫(xiě)表達(dá)里(比方說(shuō)c/o就是在乎，n/a就是不適用)

5??To separate lines of poetry when written on a single line (e.g. And both that morning equally lay/In leaves no step had trodden black)

把寫(xiě)在一行上的詩(shī)分開(kāi)，作用相當(dāng)于回車(chē)

6??Website URLs (e.g. https://xxxxx.com.au/)

書(shū)寫(xiě)網(wǎng)址時(shí)會(huì)用到

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The backslash is a ‘typographical mark’ (i.e. something you can type on a computer). However, it is not a punctuation mark and you will only usually see it in computing. Specifically, the backslash is primarily used in programming languages and file directories on Windows computers. So unless you are writing about computers, you should not need to use this symbol very often.

反斜杠是一個(gè)排印標(biāo)記(也就是說(shuō)，你可以在電腦上輸入的東西)。然而，它不是一個(gè)標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)，你通常只會(huì)在計(jì)算中看到它。具體來(lái)說(shuō)，反斜杠主要用于編程語(yǔ)言和Windows計(jì)算機(jī)上的文件目錄。因此，除非你寫(xiě)的是關(guān)于計(jì)算機(jī)的文章，否則你是不應(yīng)該經(jīng)常使用這個(gè)符號(hào)。

也就是說(shuō)反斜杠“\”是電腦出現(xiàn)了之后為了表示程序設(shè)計(jì)里的特殊含義才發(fā)明的專(zhuān)用標(biāo)點(diǎn)。除了程序設(shè)計(jì)領(lǐng)域外，任何地方你都不應(yīng)該有使用反斜杠的時(shí)候，請(qǐng)永遠(yuǎn)使用正斜杠“/”。

其它標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)

Punctuation Marks

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句號(hào)

full stop (UK)/ period (US)

例：

The teacher motioned the boy to study.

老師示意那個(gè)孩子去學(xué)習(xí)。

,

逗號(hào)

comma

例：

No dream is too big, and no dreamer is too small.

夢(mèng)想再大也不為過(guò)，追夢(mèng)人再小也不為過(guò)。

;

分號(hào)

semicolon

例：

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

過(guò)去是異國(guó);在那他們做事情的方式不同。

:

冒號(hào)

colon

例：

The City is termite territory: thousands of heads-down workers serving an unacknowledged queen.

這座城市是白蟻的地盤(pán)：數(shù)千名埋頭工作的工人在為一個(gè)不被認(rèn)可的女王服務(wù)。

?

問(wèn)號(hào)

question mark

例：

Are you ok?

你沒(méi)事兒吧?

!

感嘆號(hào)

exclamation mark (UK)/ exclamation point (US)

例：

Look at this!

看這個(gè)!

所有格符號(hào)

Apostrophe

例：

This is my son‘s ball.

這是我兒子的球。

—

破折號(hào)

Dash (em dash, en dash)

例：

Please call my supervisor — John Wick — on Friday.

請(qǐng)?jiān)谛瞧谖宕螂娫捊o我的主管約翰·維克。

()

括號(hào)

Round Brackets (UK)/ Parentheses (US)

例：

There are several books on the subject (see page 120).

關(guān)于此主題有幾本書(shū)(請(qǐng)參閱第120頁(yè))。

[]

方括號(hào)

Square Brackets

例： Dante testified that it was the last time he saw them [the missing coins].

丹蒂作證說(shuō)，這是他最后一次見(jiàn)到他們[丟失的硬幣]。

"

引號(hào)

Quotation Marks

例：

“Go out!“ She said to me.

“出去!”她對(duì)我說(shuō)。

...

省略號(hào)

Ellipsis Marks (UK)/ Ellipsis Points (US)

例：

Then the numbers 1, 11, 2,…, where the ellipsis are filled by a sequence of 1’s as needed, solves the puzzle.

然后數(shù)字1、11、2，其中的省略號(hào)根據(jù)需要由一系列的1填充，解決了這個(gè)難題。

/

除號(hào)

Slash

例：

Blood pressure is recorded as two numbers separated by a slash, like 120/80.

血壓記錄為以斜線分隔的兩個(gè)數(shù)字，像120/80。

@

在符號(hào)

At sign

例：

30 dictionaries @ £29.99 each.

30本字典，每本29.99。

&

和符號(hào)

Ampersand

例：

My friend & I go to school together.

我的朋友和我一起上學(xué)。

-

連字符

Hyphen

例：

It would be nice to think this tip–off enabled him to avoid this fate but I fear his life was lost along with those missing hyphens.’

這是一個(gè)很好的想法，使他避免了這種命運(yùn)，但我擔(dān)心他的生命失去了那些丟失的連字符。

{}

大括號(hào)

Brace (UK)/ Curly Brackets (US)

例：

a = { 5, 20, 25, 45, 70 }

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