安徽省2013届高三英语知识复习：“倍数”的常用表达方式.docxVIP

英语“倍数”句型的常用表达方式 有这样一道高考题： （2003 上海） The house rent is expensive. Ive got about half the space I had at home and Im paying here. as three times much as much three times much as three times three times as much 该题的正确答案为 D .显然本题是在考查倍数的表达法。倍数表达法是高中英语教学的重点，也是历年的高考热点之一。掌握倍数的表达法对于同学们学好英语具有重要意义。 下面对倍数的几种表达法作一归纳： 一、用 times 表示倍数（一般限于包括基数在内三倍或三倍以上的数。表示两倍的数，一般用 twice ）。其句式有： “… times ＋形容词 / 副词的比较级＋ than …”例如： Line AB is three times longer than line CD. 线段 AB 是（线段） CD 的三倍长。 This hall is five times bigger than our classroom. 这个大厅比我们的教室大 5 倍。 “… times +as + 形容词 / 副词的原级＋ as …”例如： This table is three times as long as that one. 这张桌子是那张桌子的三倍长。This dictionary is five times as thick as the one you borrowed from the library. 这本词典的厚度是你从图书馆借的那本（厚度）的 5 倍。 “… times + the + 名词（如： size， height， weight， length， width 等） ＋ of …”例如： The earth is 49 times the size of the moon. 地球的体积是月球的 49 倍。 This river is three times the depth of that one. 这条河是那条河的三倍深。 “… times + more ＋名词＋ than …”例如： He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago. 他现在挣的钱比十年前挣的多 5 倍。 There are twice more students in our class than in theirs. 我们班的学生人数比他们 班多两倍。 “… times +as many （或 much ）＋名词＋ as …”例如： Weve produced twice as much cotton this year as （ we did ） ten years ago. 今年我们生产的棉花比十年前多了一倍。（汉语中的多一倍实际上也指两倍一样多。） He has got three times as many books as his sister. 他拥有的书的数量是他妹妹的 3 倍。 第 - 1 - 页 共 3 页 “… times + what 从句”例如： The length of the road is four times what it was three years ago. 这条路的长度是三年前的 4 倍。 The price of the meat is twice what it was last year. 肉价是去年的两倍。 “… times + up on （或 over ）…”例如： The size of the sun is a million times over that of the earth. 太阳的体积比地球的体积大一百万倍。 He is three times up on your age. 他的年龄是你的 4 倍（或：比你的年龄大 3 倍）。 “… +by + … times ”例如： Compared with last year， our coal output has increased by three times. 与去年相比，我们的煤产量增长了 3 倍。 His speed is faster than mine by four times. 他的速度比我的快 4 倍。 “… times + compared with ＋被比较对象”例如： The number of the students in our school has increased for times compared with 1980