倍数的翻译 Microsoft PowerPoint 演示文稿.ppt

数词和倍数的翻译 1.楼层 floor I live on the fifth floor. 我住在五楼。 我住在六楼。 ground floor 一楼 first floor 二楼 2.折扣 discount 5%discount：a five percent discount 九五折 40%discount 六折 3.every other week 每隔一周 every three lines 每隔两行（每逢第三行） Every three days 每隔两天 The bus starts every ten minutes. 公车每十分钟开一班。 4.decade dozen score 十、十年 十二、一打 二十 three decades three dozen/score decades/dozens/scores of 几十 5.倍数的翻译 Last year the company produced as many as 50000 TV sets. as+原形+as+数量：……达…… 去年该公司生产的电视机多达50000台。 The furnace（熔炉） reached a temperature as high as 1500℃. 炉温高达1500 ℃。 This book is three times as long as that one. 这本书的篇章是那本的三倍。 这本书的篇章比那本多两倍。 A is N times as great（long，much，…）as B. A is N times greater （longer， more，…）than B. A is N times the size （length， amount，…）of B. 　　 以上三句都译为：A的大小（长度，数量，……）是B的N倍[或A比B大（长，多，……）N-1倍]. The sun is 330,000 times as large as the earth. 太阳的大小为（是）地球的33万倍。 This pipe is four times longer than that one. 这根管子长度是那根的四倍。 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（是去年的三倍）。 increase N times increase to n times increase by N times increase by a factor of N 可由raise，grow，go/step up，multiply 代替　　 以上四式均可译为：增加到N倍（或：增加N-1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。 Annual production of steel has gone up by two-thirds more than that of last year. 钢的年产量比去年增加了三分之二。 double treble，triple quadruple 两倍 三倍 四倍 In Mexico, English speaking secretaries can double their salary. 在墨西哥，能说英语的秘书薪水可以翻一番。 His salary is treble mine. 他的薪水是我的三倍。 We must triple our efforts.? 我们必须作出三倍的努力。 * 美国 英国 英国 英国 *