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数字是我们每天都用到的，其实在一些短语中数字也是必不可少的。今天我们就学习几个跟one有关的英语短语。
有些人觉得自己非常重要，永远是第一，我们可以用number one 来形容他们，number one的意思是“第一；最好；自己的利益”。比如：Looking after number one is all she thinks about.她一心只顾着自己。
短语pull a fast one的意思是“欺骗”，“欺骗某人”为 pull a fast one on someone。比如：I feel like youd be worse off for trying to pull a fast one.我感觉，想要搞欺骗那一套只会把情况弄得更糟糕。
He tried to pull a fast one on us, but we caught on before he got away with it.他想欺骗我们，但在他阴谋得逞前就被我们逮到了。
当我们夸一个人很优秀时，常用“百里挑一”来形容，英语可以用短语one in a million。比如：He is really one in a million. 他真是百里挑一。I want to introduce you to a person who is one in a million. 我要介绍给你的人可真正是百里挑一的啊。
你是百里挑一。
one too many指“许多；多余”，比如：I cant drive, I had one too many. 我不能开车，我喝太多了。I found myself one too many among people. 我发现自己在人群中是个多余的人。
短语one by one是我们很熟悉的，它的意思是“一个接一个”。比如：Now we can read it one by one. 现在我们可以一个接一个朗读。You can come out one by one!你们可以一个一个地出来！Please say it one by one.请一个一个地说。
one too many很多
at one time也是我们常常用到的短语，表示“曾经，一度；同时”，表示过去发生的动作，句子动词多用过去时。比如：At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.曾一度有400个男人、女人和儿童住在这个村子。At one time, they ran a luggage company.有一段时间，他们经营一个箱包公司。
one of these days可以表示“那些日子”，也可以用来表示一种许诺，即“总有一天”。比如：One of these days youll come back and ask me to forgive you.你很快就会回来请求我原谅的。I should try to run away one of these days.总有一天我会设法逃跑的。
one of these days 不可避免的事
Our wishes will come true one of these days.我们的愿望有一天会实现。Ill get something again one of these days.我总有一天会找到事做的。
而短语one of those things不能按照字面去理解了，它的意思是“不可避免的事”。比如：It wasnt your fault. It was just one of those things.不是你的错。这是命中注定的事。Its just one of those things.这样的事情总是难免的。
back to square one的意思“从头再来；退回起点”。比如：Now you are back to square one.现在你得重新开始了。Life is a circle, always back to square one.人生是一个圆，总是要回到原点。Im back to square one with the work.我的工作又得从头做起。
for one thing意思是“首先；一则”。比如：For one thing, he didnt trust his legs to hold him up.首先，他不相信自己的腿能站起来。For one thing, physics is a much different field today.首先，物理学在今天是一个非常不同的领域。
for one thing， for another意思是“一方面……另一方面……，比如：For one thing, I firmly believe that reading can increase our knowledge. For another, reading helps us to calm down when we feel upset.首先，我坚信阅读能增加我们的知识。另一方面，当我们感到沮丧时，阅读帮助我们平静下来。
I havent been to see her for a long time now. For one thing, she lives too far away; for another, Ive been rather busy. 我好久没有看她，一来路太远，二来没工夫。
