倍数表达法_倍数表达法的用法


昔日收入双倍,今仅半数。此句式中“twice/three times/half/a quarter/…… + as...as...”为英语中表示倍数之常用句型。此等句型为高中英语、托福雅思等考试的常见考点,亦为教学之重点及年年考试之热点。现大嘴英将常用于表示倍数之十大句型整理如下,愿对各位有所裨益。

(1) 他现今的收入是十年前的十倍。He earns ten times more money than he did ten years ago.

(2) 我们的学生人数比他们班多两倍。There are twice more students in our class than in theirs.

(3) 我们的图书馆藏书量比你们的多五倍。There are five times more books in our library than in yours.

(4) 今年我们生产的石油是去年的两倍。We have produced twice more oil this year than we did last year.

(5) 今年生产的钢比十年前多了一倍。We've produced twice as much steel this year as ten years ago.

(6) 他拥有的书的数量是他妹妹的三倍。He has three times as many books as his sister.

(7) 他在往常的基础上多赚了两倍的钱。He earns twice as much as he used to.

在表达倍数时,我们还可以在倍数词前加上over,more than等词,表示“是……的多少倍还要多”。

(8) 的财富是四十年前的十倍还不止。China is more than ten times as rich as it used to be 40 years ago.

(9) 我的车的价值比他的两倍还多不止。My car is more than twice as expensive as hers.

(10) 他用功的程度是我的三倍还不止。He studies more than three times as hard as I.

除上述列举的句型外,还有一些类似的句式如“times+what+从句”等等。需注意,我们在掌握这些常规句型的亦需注意英语句型的灵活变化,以达到活学活用的目的。

综合而言,熟练掌握并灵活运用这些倍数表达法,对于提升英语水平有着重要的作用。