fourfold

英 [ˈfɔːfəʊld]

美 [ˈfɔːrfoʊld]

adj.  四倍的；四重的
adv.  四倍地；四重地

BNC.21904 / COCA.23621

英英释义

adj

• four times as great or many
  1. a fourfold increase in the dosage
  Synonym:quadruplefour-fold
• having four units or components
  1. quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure
  2. quadruplex wire
  Synonym:quadruplequadruplicatequadruplexfour-fold

adv

• by a factor of four
  1. the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years
  Synonym:four times

双语例句

• The price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years.
  在过去的两年时间里，汽油价格增加到原来的四倍。
• The supply of fist grew fourfold there.
  那里鱼的供应量增加了三倍。
• In some cases output has increased more than fourfold.
  在有些情况下，产量增加了3倍多。
• Last year, Chinese investors bought 73 tonnes of bullion, up fourfold from 18 tonnes in 2007.
  去年，中国投资者购买了73吨黄金，是2007年（18吨）的4倍。
• Even if we halved water use and doubled production, food deficiency would still increase fourfold.
  即便我们让用水量减半、让产量加倍，食品短缺将仍然会增加到原来的4倍。
• World prices for many of these minerals have doubled in2011, on top of a fourfold increase last year.
  许多这些稀土矿产品的世界价格继去年翻两番之后，在2011年已翻了一倍。
• 1 in this chapter we offer arguments for the aforesaid fourfold division of order and for the interrelations that exist between essentially ordered terms.
  这一章中，我们将为秩序的上述四分法和被本质性规定的术语间的相互关系提供证明。
• Over the same period copper prices have risen fourfold.
  而同期，铜价上涨了3倍。
• Since 2000, annual growth rates averaging 10 per cent have raised the GDP fourfold.
  2000年以来，年均10%的增长率使得GDP增加了三倍。
• But petroleum imports are expected to grow fourfold from 2003 to 2030, with much of the increase coming from Gulf suppliers.
  但预计从2003年至2030年，中国的石油进口量将增长4倍，其中大部分增幅来自于海湾地区的供应国。