Three times more than究竟是三倍还是四倍？本文带你看透它
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【次数/倍数英文】once, twice, 然后呢？
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/times
She earns five times as much as I do./She earns five times more than I do.
https://www.teachersammy.com/blog/how-to-compare-multiples-in-english/
倍数的表示法有三种
一种是: twice / ___ times + as + 形容词 + as…
但是三倍以上也可用: ____ times + 比较级形容词 + than…
比如: This house is twice as big as that one.
This diamond is three times as big as that one.
= This diamond is three times bigger than that one.
This question is ten times as hard as that one.
= This question is ten times harder than that one.
第二种是: twice / ____ times + the + 名词 (+ of…)
比如: This road is twice the length of that road.
They bought the house at three times the normal price.
第三种是: twice / ____ times + as + much / many + 名词 + as…
比如: He has twice as much money as me.
They hired three times as many workers as they usually do to finish the job.
大家来想一想, 以下这几句怎么说呢? (答案在最下面)
(1) 中国是台湾的几百倍大.
(2) 这间办公室比我的办公室大三倍.
(3) 这里的男性人数是女性的五倍
解答:
(1) China is hundreds of times as big as Taiwan.
= China is hundreds of times bigger than Taiwan.
= China is hundreds of times the size of Taiwan.
(2) This office is three times the size of mine.
= This office is three times as big as mine.
= This office is three times bigger than mine.
(3) There are five times as many men here as women. (here 也可放句尾)
= The number of men here is five times greater than that (=the number) of
women.