老师您好,有个问题向您请教:
The city is now ten times its original size.
这种只有倍数的表达法为什么是正确的。 谢谢老师!
The city is now ten times its original size.
=The size of the city is ten times what it was
A is 倍数+the size of B 意思为A是B几倍大
=A is times B's size
A is five times the size of B
=A is five times B's size
(1)A is 倍数+the(size,length,width,height,thickness,depth,weight) of B(of所有格)
=A is 倍数+B's+(size,length,width,height,thickness,depth,weight) (名词所有格)
关于英语中倍数的表达,提问网友需要掌握以下几种
【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:
【1】“… times +形容词 / 副词的比较级+ than …”
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。
【2】“… times +as + 形容词 / 副词的原级+ as …”
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。
【3】“… times + the + 名词(如: size, height, weight, length, width 等)+ of …”
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。
【4】“… times + more +名词+ than …”
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。
【5】“… times +as many (或 much )+名词+ as …”
We've 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。
【6】 “… times + what 从句”
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。
【7】“… times + up on (或 over )…”
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)。
【8】 “… +by + … times ”
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。
【9】 “… times + compared with +被比较对象”
The number of the students in our school has increased for times compared with 1980.
我们学校的学生人数比 1980 年增加了 3 倍。
【10】. “… times + that of + 被比较对象”
In this workshop the output of July was 3.5 times that of January.
这个车间七月份的产量是元月份的 3.5 倍。
二、用分数、百分数表示倍数。例如:
The box is one-third bigger than that one.
这个盒子比那个盒子大三分之一。
Last year the output value of industry was 59 percent higher than that of 1976.
去年工业产值比 1976 年增长了 59 %。
My command of English is not half so good as yours.
我英语掌握得还不及你的一半儿好。
【二】用 again (一倍), double (两倍), triple (三倍), fourfold (四倍)等词表示倍数。
My Aunt is as old again as I am.
我姑姑的年龄比我大一倍。
The top-brand clothes are often sold as double the normal price here.
这里名牌衣服的售价经常比正常的售价高一倍。
The new work procedure tripled the output.
新工艺使产量增加两倍。
The output of grain increased fourfold.
粮食产量增加了三倍。
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曹老师从语序上讲解了网友的这个问题。我猜测,网友已经知道倍数一般用于 as...as... 和more...than... 比较结构。网友的疑问可能是:倍数为何还用在一些名词的前面?
英语中,“倍数”twice, three times, four times, five times ...等,除了用在比较结构as...as...和more... than...之前,还可以直接用在表示“度量概念”的名词前,例如:size尺寸, height高度, length长度, width宽度, speed速度, output产量,weight重量,说明“前者是后者的几倍”。以下例子就是:倍数 + the/its + 度量名词 (因为the 和物主代词冲突,只用其一)
five times the original estimate, 是最初估算的五倍
five times the size, 五倍大
five times the height, 五倍高
five times the length, 五倍长
five times the width, 五倍宽
five times the speed, 五倍的速度
five times the output, 五倍的产量
five times the weight, 五倍重
five times the amount, 五倍的量
five times the quantity, 五倍的量
例如:
The aeroplane will travel at twice the speed of sound. 这架飞机的速度将是音速的两倍。
That man is twice my weight. 那个男子的体重比我重一倍。
One month later, we will receive an order for the same product, but three times the quantity. 但一个月后,我们又接到同样的订单,而且要原来三倍的量。
Our school is three times the size of yours. 我们学校有你们学校的三倍大。
The output is now six times what it was before liberation. 现在的产量是解放前的六倍。(what it was = the output)
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