用英语表达"A 是 B 的 N 倍长(宽,高,大,重等)","A 比 B 长(宽,高,大,重等)N 倍" 或"A 的长度(宽度,高度,大 小,重量等)是 B 的 N 倍",可用下列几种句型。
1."A be 倍数 as 计量形容词原级 as B". This tree is three times as tall as that one. 这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。 His father is twice as old as he. 他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。
2."A be 倍数 计量形容词比较级 than B " The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River. 长江差不多比珠江长两倍。 The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one. 这本字典比那本恰好贵5倍。
3."A be 倍数 the 计量名词 of B " The newly broadened square id four times the size of the previous one. 新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。
4."The 计量名词 of A be 倍数 that of B " The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one. 新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。
5.其它 I m twice/ double his age. 我的年龄是他的两倍。 I ve paid five times the usual price for the stamp. 我出了5倍于往常的价格买这枚邮票。 The average income of the staff has been increased by 50 percent compared with last year. 与去年相比,该单位职工的 收入增加了50%. The price of TVs are twofold( adj. 两部分的, 双重的) down over these years. 近几年来,电视机的价格下降了两倍。