这个句型译为:① A…是B的X倍(或净增加X-1倍).
例如:This pen (A) is twice as expensive as that pen (B).
这只钢笔(A)的价格是那只钢笔(B)的2倍。(即A比B贵一倍)
I have three times as many as you. 我有你三倍那么多。(我的比你的多两倍)
This box is four times as heavy as that box. 这个盒子比那个盒子重4倍。
2)主语 谓语 X times the size (amount, width, breadth, level, value, velocity, length…) of…
这个句型表示净增加“1倍,是…的2倍”例如:
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon. 地球是月球大小的49倍。
3)主语 谓语 X times 形容词(副词)比较级 than…
这个句型表示的数为净增加数。例如:
The grain output is one time higher this year than that of last year.
今年比去年粮食产量增加一倍。
4)还可以用by 倍数,表示增加多少倍
The production of grain has been increased by four times this year.
今年粮食产量增加了4倍。