times表示倍数的各种形式
times用于表倍数的种种句式2009/09/17 22:46 times用于表倍数的种种句式句式
一: ...times+the+名词+of...
该句式表示“甲是乙的„„倍”,其中名词通常为size, length, height, width等。例如:
Nigeria is three times the size of Great Britain. 尼日利亚是英国面积的三倍大。
The river is five times the length of that stream. 这条河有那条小溪五倍长。
句式二: ...times+as+adj. / adv. (原级)+as...
该句式也表示“甲是乙的„„倍”,其中的adj. / adv. 通常是big, long, high, wide, fast
weight的几种形式
等。例如:
Asia is four times as large as Europe. 亚洲是欧洲的四倍大。
This box is three times as heavy as that one. 这箱子是那箱子的三倍重。
句式三: ...times+that of+...
该句式同样表示“甲是乙的„„倍”。例如:
In this workshop the output of July was 3.5 times that of January. 这个车间七月份的产量是一月份的三点五倍。
The number of the students of 2003 was 3 times that of 1990. 这个学校2003年的学生数是1990年的三倍。
句式四: ...times+adj. / adv. (比较级)+
该句式表示“超过”的意思,译成汉语时为“增加„„倍”。其中的adj. / adv. 的比较级
通常是bigger, longer, higher等。例如:
The meeting room is three times bigger than our office. 会议室比我们的办公室大三倍。
This city is ten times larger than that one. 这个城市比那个城市大十倍。
句式五: ...times+up on+...
该句式也表示“超过”的意思。例如:
The industrial output of last year in our factory was three times up on that of 1987.
我们工厂去年的工业产量比一九八七年增加了三倍。(是一九八七年的四倍)
Your vegetable plot is four times up on ours. 你的菜地比我们的大四倍。
句式六: ...times+over+...
该句式也有“超过、增加„„倍”之意。例如:
Their books are three times over ours. 他们的书比我们多三倍。
The grain output in that village is four times over that of 1978. 那个村的粮食产量比一九七八年增加了五倍。
注意:times作“倍数”讲时,只限于用于三倍或三倍以上的倍数。二倍以下通常用double或twi
ce来表示。例如:
This package is double the weight of that. 这个包裹比那个的重量多一倍。
This railway is twice longer than that one. 这条铁路比那条长两倍