xiànzàitiělùshìgùjīngrén, qùniányīniánfāshēngxíngchēzhòngdàshìgùhédàshìgùqībǎiwǔshíwǔjiàn, bǐshìgùzuìshǎodeyījiǔliùsìniándebāshíbājiànzēngjiāhǎoduōbèi 。 The present number of railway accidents is alarming. There were 755 major ones last year, some of them extremely serious. This is many times greater than the figure of 88 accidents for 1964, the year with the lowest rate.
sānde 'èrbèiděngyúliù。 Twice3 is equal to 6.
chéngsìde; sìbèide Multiplied by four; quadruple.
dìngdāndesìbèi ; yuánchǐcùndesìbèi Quadrupled the order; quadrupled in size.
tādegǔpiàoshōurùyǐjīngzēngzhìsìbèi 。 His stock earning quadrupled.
měigèhuálúndezhòngliàngshìměizhǐfēngzhēngzàizhòngliàngde 4bèi 。 Each pulley quadruples the amount of weight a single kite can pull.
1995 niányǔ 1949 niánxiāngbǐ, liángshízǒngchǎnliàngzēngzhǎngliǎo 3bèiduō, niánjūndìzēng 3.1%。 Total grain output in 1995 more than quadrupled the 1949 figure, or an average increase of 3.1 percent a year.
yōngyòuliǎngbùyǐshàngqìchēdejiātíngcóng 29% shàngshēngdào 62%; kōngzhōnglǚxíngshìyuánláidesìbèi 。 the number of households with two or more vehicles has climbed from 29 percent to 62 percent; air travel has quadrupled.
zàiliàngjíshàngměizēngjiāyīgèshùzìyìwèizhedìzhènsuǒshìfàngdenéngliàngzēngjiā 32bèi 。 Every increase of one number in magnitude means the energy release of the quake is 32 times greater.
lǐshìzhènjíměijiàngdīyīgèdānwèi, dìzhènfāshēngdeshùliàngjiùhuìzēngjiā 10bèi 。 There are about 10 times as many quakes for every decrease in Richter magnitude by one unit.
huáihǎizhànyìshì 'èryě、 sānyěliánhézuòzhàn, yòngmáozhùxídehuàshuō, èryěsānyěliánhézuòzhàn, bùzhǐshìzēngjiāyībèiliǎngbèidelìliàng, shùliàngbiàn, zhìliàngbiàn, zhèshìyīgèzhìdebiànhuà。 The Huai-Hai Campaign was a joint operation of the Second Field Army and the Third Field Army. As Chairman Mao said, the joint operation of the two armies meant not just a two- or three-fold increase of strength, a quantitative change, but a qualitative change.
zhèzhīsìrénzǔhéchénglìjiāngjìn 10 nián, chéngyuányǐránchǔyúshíjǐsuìdehuājì, dàntāmenzhǎnshìliǎokěyǔliǎngbèiyúzìjǐniánlíngdeyuètánsùjiāngmenxiāngpìměidechūsèzhuānyèshuǐzhǔn。 Almost a decade into its existence,the quartet whose members are still in their teens exhibits a solid professionalism comparable to that of veterans twice their age.
tānɡmǔjiābān, nádàotāpíngshídegōngzīyībèibàndejiābānfèi。 Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
tādiànlìng 717 tuánbǎqiánjìnsùdùjiākuàiyībèi , qǔjìndàozhíchāmùdìdì。 He radioed 717th regiment to double its pace and short-cut its route to its destination.
zìcóng 20 shìjì 70 niándàiqǐ, xìnpiànshàngdesuíjīcúnqǔnèicúndédàoliǎoguǎngfàndeyìngyòng, tāderóngliàngměisānniánjiùyàozēngchángsìbèi 。 Since random-access memory (RAM) on a chip became widely available in the mid- 1 9 7 Os, its capacity has grown fourfold every three years.
duōshùbēnténg pc jīpèiyòu 32mram, zuòwéibiāozhǔnpèizhì, dànshìhěnduōmǎijiāqīdàiyòngxīndeyìngyòngchéngxùhéwēiruǎnde windows98, bǎ ram kuòliǎoyībèi 。 Most Pentium Ⅱ PCs are equipped with 32M of RAM as the standard configuration, but many buyers are doubling that in anticipation of new applications and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 98.
zàiyīdàpiànsǐqìchénchéndehuāngdìshàng, tāzhǎodàoliǎozuìdīxiàde、 zuìjiānkǔdehuó。 gùzhùshìyīgèkēkècūbàodexiāngxiàlǎo, tāhuáizhejiùyòudeyuànhèn, duìtáisīfēichángzēng 'è, zhègěitáisīgèngzēngtiānliǎoshíbèidekùnnán。 In a great drab field of desolation, she finds the meanest, most arduous of tasks rendered tenfold difficult by a churlish boor of an employer in all the rancor of an ancient grudge against her.
wǒzhǐdeshì“bèishuài”。 What range, I mean.
gōngyèqǐyèlěijìshíxiànlìrùn 112.7 yìyuán, bǐqùniántóngqīzēngzhǎngjìn 6bèi , yǐhuīfùdào 1997 niántóngqīshuǐpíng。 The aggregated profits of the manufacturing enterprises was 11.27 billion RMB yuan, six times more that the same period last year, or roughly the same level for the same period in 1997.
rúguǒrénlèidejīyīnkùbèishìwéiyīzhǒngwùzhǒngdezìránláiyuán, nàmemíngzhìdezuòfǎjiùshìyàobèijiāxiǎoxīndìqùpéiyǎng、 bǎohùnàxiēzuìhǎnjiàndejīyīn。 zhèyàng, měiyīdàiréndūhuìcóngzhōngshòuyì。 If the human gene pool can be seen as a sort of species-wide natural resource, it's only sensible for the rarest of those genes to be husbanded most carefully, preserved so that every generation may enjoy their benefits.
bànsuízhezhèxiēshìdìfùgàidexùnsùbiànhuà, dāngdìwùzhǒngmièjuédesùshuàikěnénghěnkuàibiàndàdàchāoguòliǎowǒmenjīntiānsuǒfāxiànde, dádàozìránde 1 wànbèi 。 The rates of extinction of local species that accompany these rapid changes in land cover may soon be far in excess of what is found today, reaching as high as 10, 000 times the natural background rate.
mǎjùdexiǎngshēngbiànchéngliǎoqiánbìdedīngdāng, wǔfēnzhōngzhīnèiqiānshǔdezhīpiàoshùmùjìngyòutái 'ěrsēnyínhángzàiguójìguónèiyèwùzhōngsānbèideshíjiānqiānshǔdezǒngliàng。 The rattle of the harness was the chink of money, and more drafts were honoured in five minutes than even Tellson's, with all its foreign and home connexion, ever paid in thrice the time.
wǒdeniánlíngbǐnǐdàyībèi 。 I'm twice your age.
léiméngshuō:“ lúndūn 35 suìyǐxiàdedānshēnnǚrénshìdānshēnnánrénde 3bèi 。 Raymond says.:" In London there are three times as single women under 35 as single men.
zhèbǐnàgèdàyībèi 。( zhùyì: aslargeagainas shì…deliǎngbèi , bǐ… dàyībèi ) It is as large again as that.
tāzìzuòzìshòu, zāodàoliǎojiābèidebàoyìng。 He reaped the whirlwind he had himself stirred up.
tāqǔdéliǎobǐshǐyòngdāngdìzhǒngzǐgāoyībèidechǎnliàng。 He reaped a yield twice as much as he would have done with local strains.
zhèběnshūbèishòuzànyáng。 The book received considerable acclaim.
tāzàijiājùshíwùzhījiāndōngduǒxīshǎn, yuánběnzhǐcúnzàitāxīnzhōngdekǒngjùyòuchéngbèidìzēngjiāliǎo。 He recoiled from side to side between the various objects and multiplied the hazards that in reality lodged only in his mind.
zàixiàyīhuízhōng, wèilebānhuísǔnshī, tāgūzhùyīzhì, bǎdǔzhùjiādàliǎoyībèi 。 At the next throw he doubled his stakes in a neck-or-nothing bid to recoup his losses.
jīngguòsìshíduōniándenǔlì, xīzàngrénmíndeshēnghuóshuǐpíngpǔbiànyòuliǎoxiǎnzhùtígāo, juédàbùfēnnóngmùmíndewēnbǎowèntíyǐjīběnjiějué, yībùfēnnóngmùmínyǐjīngfùyùqǐlái, 1991 niánquánqūnóngmùmínrénjūnchúnshōurùwéi 455 yuán, kòuchúwùjiàshàngzhǎngyīnsù, bǐ 1979 niánde 159 yuánzēngzhǎng 1.6bèi 。 Due to efforts made in the past 40-odd years the living standards of the Tibetan people have improved markedly. Most farmers and herdsmen have adequate food and clothing and some have attained relative affluence. In 1991, the average net income of farmers and herdsmen in the region was 455 yuan. Allowing for price increases, the figure was 2.6 times higher than the 159 yuan of 1979.
chángshìkuānliǎngbèideyīgèjǔxíng。 a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide.