倍数的表达与翻译概要1.docVIP

1．倍数增加 （1）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比日大（长，多，……）n-1倍]. 例如： This book is three times as long as （three times longer than，three times the length of ）that one， 这本书的篇幅是那本书的3倍（即长两倍）。 注：当相比的对象B很明显时，than（as，of）B常被省去。 （2）increase to n times increase n times／n-fold increase by n times increase by a factor of n 以上四式均应译为：增加到n倍（或：增加n-1倍）。例如： The production of cars has been increased to three times as compared with last year。 汽车的产量比去年增加了两倍。 The output of chemica