数以百计的参观者 visitors numbering in the thousands; 伤亡数以百计。 casualties numbered in the thousands. 这家饭店每天接待数以百计的顾客。 the restaurant receives hundreds of customers every day
千方百计 make every attempt [every possible effort; every endeavor] to; use [try; take] every means to; use every conceivable method [stratagem] to; use all sorts of wiles and methods to; use all ways and means to; do everything possible to; do one's utmost to; do all in one's power to; resort to every trick to; leave no stone unturned to; try by all means to; try every way to; try in a thousand ways to; try one's utmost to; try [scheme] a thousand and one ways to; try by hook or by crook to; try to ... in all sorts of ways; move heaven and earth to; employ all available means to; stop at nothing to; pull out all stops to; worry out ways to; in every possible way; in all possible ways; in all manner of ways; by all ways and means [devices]; by every means imaginable; by every possible means; inexhaustible in devices and schemes 我们要千方百计提高单位面积产量。 we must do everything to raise the per unit yield
千方百计地 in a thousand and one ways; in every possible way
数一数二 count as one of the very best; among the best -- top-notch; a rare thing or person; count at the top; number one or number two -- ranking very high; one of the best 他是班上数一数二的好学生。 he is at the top of his class