考點3 考查倍數(shù)的表達法
英語中表達倍數(shù)常用下列句型:
A is three/four... times the size/height/length/width... of B.
A is three/four... times as big/high/long/wide... as B.
A is three/four... times bigger/higher/longer/wider... than B.
... times+more+名詞+than...
... times+as many(或much)+名詞+as...
... times+what從句
用times表示倍數(shù)時,一般只限于三倍或三倍以上的倍數(shù),表示兩倍常用twice或double。
The box is one-third bigger than that one. 這個盒子比那個盒子大三分之一。
This dictionary is five times as thick as the one you borrowed from the library.
這本詞典的厚度是你從圖書館借的那本(厚度)的5倍。
This river is three times the depth of that one. 這條河是那條河的3倍深。
He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago.
他現(xiàn)在掙的錢比十年前掙的多5倍。
He has got three times as many books as his sister.
他所擁有的書的數(shù)量是他妹妹的3倍。
The price of the meat is twice what it was last year. 肉價是去年的兩倍。