形容词和副词比较级的倍数表达法
1.倍数+as...as
2.倍数+比较级+than
3.倍数+the+名词+of
如,
This bridge is three times as wide as that one.(这座桥是那座桥的三倍宽。)
=This bridge is twice wider than that one.(这座桥比那座桥宽两倍。)
=This bridge is three times width of that one.(这座桥的宽度是那座桥的三倍。)
记住例句就能很方便的记住了!~
8是4的2倍可以说
Eight is two times of four.
TIMES
A
is
three
times
the
length
of
B.有这种说法
英语表示倍数增减或倍数对比的句型多种多样,其中有
一些(如下文中的句型②、⑤、⑥、⑧
等,
见圈码)很容易译错——其主要原因在于:英汉两语在表述或对比倍数方面存在着语言与思维差异。现将常
用的英语倍数句型及其正确译法归纳如下:
倍数增加
(一)
A
is
n
times
as
great(long,much,…)as
B.(①)
A
is
n
times
greater
(longer,
more,…)than
B.(②)
A
is
n
times
the
size
(length,
amount,…)of
B.(③)
以上三句都应译为;A的大小(长度,数量,……)是B的n倍[或A比B大(长,多,……)n-1倍].
e.g.
This
book
is
three
times
as
long
as
(three
times
longer
than/three
times
the
length
of)
that
one.
这本书的篇幅是那本书的3倍(即长两倍)。
注:当相比的对象B很明显时,than(as,of)B常被省去。