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英语中倍数的用法 1．倍数增加 （1）A is n times as great/long/much… as B. 或A is n times the number size/length/amount… of B. 以上应译为A是B的n倍或比大长多n-1倍例如： This book is three times as long as longer than/ the length of that one. 这本书的篇幅是那本书的3倍（即长两倍）。 有时，倍数前可用over, more than来表示“是…倍还要多”： Her salary is more than twice as much as her husband’s. 她的工资是她丈夫的两倍还要多。 比她丈夫的一倍还要多 The efficiency of the machines has been more than doubled．这些机器的效率已提高了倍。ouble 两倍增加1倍，treble增加2倍，quadruple增加3倍（2）A is n times greater longer/more… than B. 译为：A比B大n倍 是B的n+1倍This rope is twice longer than that one．这根绳的长度是那根绳的三倍。（比那根绳长二倍） This hall is five times bigger than our classroom．这个大厅比我们的教室大五倍。（是我们教室的六倍）（3）increase to n timesincrease n times／n-foldincrease by n times increase by a factor of n 以上应译为：增加到n倍或增加n-1倍。例如： The production of integrated circuits has been increased to three times as compared with last year。 集成电路的产量比去年增加了两倍。 The output of chemical fertilizer has been raised five times as against l986．化肥产量比1986年增加了4倍。 That can increase metabolic rates by two or three times。 那可使代谢率提高到原来的2倍或3倍（即提高1倍或2倍）。 The drain voltage has been increased by a factor of four. 漏电压增加了3（即增加到原来的4倍）。 注：在这类句型中increase常被raise，grow，go/step up，multiply等词所替代。（4）此外，英语中还有一种用again而不用倍数词来比较倍数的方法，如： A is as much large/long… again as B. 或A is twice as much large/long…/as B. 译为：AB的两倍A比B多1倍A is half as much /large/long/… again as B. 或A is one and a half times as much large/long… as B A是B的一倍半A比B多（大，长……）一半 2、倍数减少 （1）A is n times as small light/slow，…as B.A is n times smaller/lighter/slower…than B.（以上应译为：A的大小（重量，速度，……）是B的1/n或A比B小轻慢…（n-1）。例如： The hydrogen atom is neary 16 times as light as the oxygen atom. 氢原子的重量约为氧原子的1/16（即比氧原子约轻15／16）。 This sort of membrane is twice thinner than ordinary paper. 这种薄膜比普通纸张要薄一半（即是普通纸厚度的1／2）。 （2）decrease n timesfolds decrease by n times decrease by a factor of n 以上译为：减少到1/n, 或：减少了n-1 /n。decrease常被reduceshorten/ go/slow down等词替代。例如： Switching time of the new-type transistor 3 times。新型晶体管的开关时间缩短1/3（即缩短2/3）。 The equ