英文倍数表达.pptVIP

Expressing Multiples(倍数) A is twice as tall as B. A is twice taller than B. 两个句子都应该译成“甲的身高是乙的两倍” 或者“甲比乙高一倍”。 倍数的增加 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. 以上三句都应译为：A的大小（长度，数量，……）是B的N倍[或A比B大（长，多，……）N-1倍]. 甲是乙的两倍 英语用twice as…as, twice the number/size/length of, to increase by 100%,以及double来表示。 例如： 他们今年的产量是去年的两倍。/他们今年的产量比去年增加了一倍。/他们今年的产量比去年翻了一番。 Their output this year is twice as much as what it was last year. Their output this year is twice the amount of what it was last year. Their output this year is double what it was last year. Their output this year has doubled, compared with what it was last year. Their output this year has increased by 100% over last year. 甲是乙的三倍 英语用three times as …as, thrice/three times the number of; to increase by 200%,以及triple /treble 来表示。 例如： 这幢楼是那幢楼的三倍高。/这幢楼比那幢楼高两倍。 This building is thrice/three times as high as that one./This building is thrice/three time the height of that one. 甲是乙的四倍 英语用four times/fourfold, 以及quadruple和 to increase by 300%。 例如： 到2000年，我国的生产总值将是1980年的四倍。/到2000年，我国的国民生产总值将在1980年的基础上翻两番。/到2000年，我国的国民生产总值将比1980年增加三倍。 By 2000, our GNP will have been four times/fourfold as much as it was in 1980. By 2000, our GNP in 1980 will have been quadrupled. By 2000, our GNP will have increased by 300% over 1980. 四倍以上 quintuple, sextuple, septuple 我们现在的工资是十年前的五倍。/我们现在的工资比10年前增加了四倍。 Our salaries are now five times/fivefold as many as what they were ten years ago. Our salaries are now five times/fivefold those ten years ago. 我国要养活的人口是那个国家的7.5倍。 We have to feed 7.5-fold the number of people in that country.