土木工程专业英语(翻译)课件讲解.ppt

1.8 有关数量的翻译 4. 数量增加的特殊表达法 i)英语中，“比……大一半”有其特殊的表达方式： half as much (many, large, fast 等)again as 或 half again as much (many, large, fast 等) as 上面两个句型表示“大一半”或“是……的一倍半”。 The resistance of aluminium is approximately half again as great as that of copper for the same dimensions. 尺寸相同时，铝的电阻为铜的一倍半 */137 1.8 有关数量的翻译 ii)在表示“是……的两倍”时，也有多种表达方式： as much (many, large, fast 等) again as again as much as double 以上句型表示“大一倍”或“是……的两倍” This year we have produced as many TV sets again as compared with last year. 今年我厂生产的电视机比去年多一倍。 */137 1.8 有关数量的翻译 iii)表示数量的增加并不一定都用有增加意义的动词，专业英语中还有很多灵活的用法。 比如，有时用