result in导致,结果是
例句:The game resulted in another victory for our team.
比赛结果, 我们队又获胜了。
The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。
2.Their most audacious and significant attack to date came on Saturday with the capture of the Saudi-owned Sirius Star and its crew of 25 (including two Britons) which was taken 450 nautical miles (830km) off the coast of Kenya.
to date至今, 直到今天, 到目前为止
例句:To date he has done half the work.
至今他已完成这项工作的一半。
3.the Sirius Star is the biggest ship taken by pirates so far, weighing three times more than an American aircraft carrier and capable of carrying 2m barrels of oil, valued at around $100m (683m Yuan).
three times more than倍数的比较
1) 主语 谓语 X times as adj. as
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…