In old times we find things were frequently valued according to the number of cattle.

Are you paid in proportion to the number of hours you work?

是按照你工作的小时数付给你工资的 吗 ?

Complexity: Linear to the number of elements in the circular list.

复杂度: 与循环链表中的元素数量成线性.

There is a limit to the number of things you can do.

你能做的事是有限的.

Process the film and label each frame as to the number of turns.

冲洗胶卷,并在每张照片上标明转动的圈数.

She hates him to the point of not talking to him.

她讨厌他到不和他讲话的程度.

Three to the power of four is 81.

3的4次方是81.

They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything to the purpose.

他们什么也没告诉过我, 也许他们是不能告诉我什么中肯的意见了.

She often speaks to the purpose.

她的话常常说得很有理.

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.

话不中肯,不如不说.

The modernization of agriculture should be promoted according to the purpose of urban agriculture.

以都市农业为目标,推进农业现代化.

They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me any thing to the purpose.

他们什么也没告诉我, 也许他们也无法中肯地告诉我任何事情.

Her argument is little to the purpose.

她的论据苍白无力.

His remarks about gardening were hardly to the purpose.

他对园艺的一席话简直是文不对题.

He gave no advance indication-not even to me-as to the purpose of this extraordinary gathering.

对这次非常会议的目的,他事先未作任何透露 -- 甚至对我也未透露.

What he had said was not to the purpose.

他所说的话并不中肯.

The parliament had passed a law to the purpose.

国会中肯地通过了一项法律.

Fool may sometimes speak to the purpose.

愚蠢之人也有说对的时候.

'And now let us get back to the question of " how " and " why ".

“ 现在再回到 ‘ 方法 ’ 和 ‘ 原因 ’ 问题上来.

The answer to the question is full of paradox.

对这个问题的回答矛盾百出.

He came straight to the question of money; which was a shock to me.

他开门见山就提到了钱, 使我不禁愣了一下.