考点3 考查倍数的表达法

英语中表达倍数常用下列句型：

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+名词+than...

... times+as many（或much）+名词+as...

... times+what从句

用times表示倍数时，一般只限于三倍或三倍以上的倍数，表示两倍常用twice或double。

The box is one-third bigger than that one. 这个盒子比那个盒子大三分之一。

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。

This river is three times the depth of that one. 这条河是那条河的3倍深。

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。

He has got three times as many books as his sister.

他所拥有的书的数量是他妹妹的3倍。

The price of the meat is twice what it was last year. 肉价是去年的两倍。