英语倍数的译法.pptVIP

数的单位 倍数的比较 A is N times as large (long, heavy…) as B A is N times larger (longer, heavier…)than B A is larger (longer, heavier…)than B by N times 三种结构均可译成：A 是B的N倍 或：A 比B大（N-1）倍 Examples: That mud tank is four times as large as this one. 那个泥浆罐是这个罐的四倍大。 This kind of engine uses four times more fuel than that kind does. 这种柴油机的耗油量是那种的四倍。 （这种柴油机的耗油量比那种多三倍。） This drill pipe is six times longer than that sub. 这根钻杆是那根接头的六倍长。 （这根钻杆比那根接头长五倍。） A yard is three times longer than a foot (直译：一码的长度是一英尺的三倍。） 一码等于三英尺。 This piece of wire line is three times shorter than that one. 这根钢丝绳的长度是那根的三分之一。 这根钢丝绳的长度比那根短两倍。 Mercury weighs more than water by about 14 times 水银比水重约十三倍。 倍数的增加 Increase N times Increase to N times Increase by N times Increase N-fold Increase by a factor of N 上述五种结构均可译成“ 增加到 N 倍” 或 “增加了 N-1 倍”。 Examples: The output of coal has been increased three times as against 1983. 煤产量比1983年增长了两倍。 In 1987, the total output value of the textile industry increased to four times compared with 1977. 1987年纺织工业总产值同1977年相比，增长了三倍。 The sales of industrial electronic products have multiplied six times. 工业电子产品的销售额增加了五倍。 The world population is doubling every thirty-five years. 世界人口的数量每隔三十五年就翻一番。（增加到两倍） The growth rate of GNP(gross national product) for China will be quadrupled by 2010. 到2010年，中国国民生产总值的增长率将翻两番 。（增加到四倍） as + 形容词 + as + 数词 +… The temperature of the mud is as high as 70。C. 泥浆的温度高达70摄氏度。 This well can’t be as deep as 4 kilometers. 这口井不可能深达四千米。 This truck may go as fast as 60 kilometers per hour. 这辆卡车每小时能走60公里。 * * 万亿 One trillion 1,000,000,000,000 …… 十亿 One billion 1,000,000,000 …… 百万 One million 1,000,000 十万 One hundred thousand 100,000 万 Ten thousand 10,000 千 One thousand 1,000 百 One hundred 100 十 ten 10 汉语 英语 阿拉伯数字 *