℃ Celsius system摄氏度
{ open brace, opencurly左花括号
} close brace, close curly右花括号
( open parenthesis, open paren左圆括号
) close parenthesis, close paren右圆括号
() brakets/ parentheses括号
[ open bracket 左方括号
] close bracket 右方括号
[] square brackets方括号
. period, dot句号,点
| vertical bar, vertical virgule竖线
& ampersand, and, reference, ref和,引用
* asterisk, multiply, star, pointer星号,乘号,星,指针
/ slash, divide, oblique 斜线,斜杠,除号
// slash-slash, comment 双斜线,注释符
# pound井号
backslash, sometimes escape反斜线转义符,有时表示转义符或续行符
~ tilde波浪符
. full stop句号
, comma逗号
: colon冒号
; semicolon分号
? question mark问号
! exclamation mark (英式英语) exclamation point (美式英语)
’ apostrophe撇号
- hyphen连字号
-- dash 破折号
... dots/ ellipsis省略号
" single quotation marks 单引号
"" double quotation marks 双引号
‖ parallel 双线号
& ampersand = and
~swung dash 代字号
§ section; division 分节号
→arrow 箭号;参见号
英文标点符号的使用方法
一、.句点
1.句点用于当一句话完全结束时。
2.句点也可以用于英文单词的缩写,如 Mrs., Dr., P.S. 等。但要注意的是当缩写的字母形成了一个单词的时候就不要使用句点。如 IBM, DNA 等。
二、问号
问号要用在一个直接的问句,而不是间接的。
如 How will you solve the problem? 是正确的用法,但用在 I wonder how you will solve the problem?就不对了,应该使用句点而不是问号。
另外,在客气的用语中,也是用句点而不是问号.
如 Will you please give me a call tomorrow.
三、! 感叹号
感叹号用于感叹和惊叹的陈述中,在商业写作中要注意感叹号的应用,因为不恰当的使用会显得突兀及不稳重。
四、;分号
1.与中文一样,分号用于分隔地位平等的独立子句。在某些情况下,使用分号比使用句点更显出子句之间的紧密联系,另外分号也经常与连接副词 thus, however, therefore一起使用(放在这些词语之前)。如 I realize I need exercise; however, I’ll lie down first to think about it.
2.在句子中如果已经使用过逗点,为了避免歧义的产生,就用分号来分隔相似的内容。如 The employees were Tom Hanks, the manager; Jim White, the engineer; and Dr. Jack Lee.
需要注意的是:一个完整的句子以大写字母开始,以句点结束。写英文时用逗点代替句点、分号、冒号或破折号叫“逗号错”,这正是中国学生所要避免的。请比较下列例句:
误:It was raining hard, they could not work in the fields.
(注意:上面句子中划横线的部分是两个不同的主语,而且逗点前后的句子是完整的-----单独拿出来都能代表一个完整的意思。因此,用逗号违反了英文规定,即一个句子只能有一套主干。)
正:It was raining hard; they could not work in the fields.
It was raining hard. They could not work in the fields.
It was raining so hard that they could not work in the fields.
They could not work in the fields because it was raining hard.
It was raining hard, so they could not work in the fields.
As it was raining hard, they could not work in the fields.
误:The essay is poorly organized, there is no central idea.
正:The essay is poorly organized; there is no central idea.
The essay is poorly organized: there is no central idea.