2013年职称英语考试句型指导:比较句型(5)
9 ~% p' _0 v5 W7 O1 {* f" u... times the/my N ... 结构︰…倍数词+the(或所有格)+名词 考试用书
" i9 k& K6 l) o 说明︰此句型意为“是…的几倍”。与之间一定有 the 或。有时可改为“+as+”。三倍以上的“倍”,通常用“times”。而“more than++the(或)+”译为“是…的几倍还不止”。
' K `7 e6 `7 J) X# ^ It was over twice the distance of the earth from the sun. 那是地球到太阳的距离的两倍多。 ?- _, }( P, m+ Z/ L1 E
Line A is four times the length of line B. 线条 A 是线条 B 的四倍长。
2 k! o7 `! O! l; _9 h4 J I have five times the number of Tom’s books. 我有五倍于汤姆的书。 / V7 Y! n8 f- D. ^& G# c3 O) W
He has three times my money. 他的钱是我的三倍。
% ?% c' n' z' G He has more than three times my money. 他的钱是我的三倍还不止。 % J# x4 c7 E( G+ k3 F8 }; I4 q. Z
The river is ten times the length of the Tamsui River. 这条河的长度是淡水河的十倍。
' m5 I( ?- ?9 Z& i Holland has two-thirds the inhabitants of the state of New York, which is four times the size of Holland. 荷兰的居民是纽约州的三分之二,而纽约州却是荷兰的四倍大。 0 o3 X- w2 y2 [8 D
more than ... as ... as ( ^) h& ?* ~+ I' B2 P
结构︰more than+倍数词+as+形容词/副词+as
% n3 h( c) ~1 [9 z7 k) ^: u 说明︰此句型意为“是…的几倍还不止”。“两倍”是twice,而三倍以上的“倍”,通常用times。
* {) s& S' e- q He is more than three times as rich as I. (=He is three times richer than I.)
6 a1 R0 @- g, K) ]% S" G 他的财富是我的三倍还不止。
' E4 Z/ m# n7 l$ _# r$ C He studies more than three times as hard as I. 他用功的程度是我的三倍还不止。 + c$ p2 f) g# v4 b
I am more than twice as old as he. 我的年龄是他的两倍还不止。
. H! g/ |4 I4 q) O He has collected more than three times as many stamps as I (have).
4 h6 J. [. S( l3 w) ~& K% A2 d 他搜集的邮票是我的三倍还不止。 |