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 study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is based on six different surveys on self-reported satisfaction with life since 1990, a period when China's gross domestic product per capita increased fourfold.
  该研究发表在《国家科学院院刊》上，基于自1990年以来6份不同的自我报告的生活满意度调查。1990年以来，中国人均国内生产总值增加了4倍。
• 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 population in this area has increased fourfold.
  该地区的人口已增加到四倍。
• Over the same period copper prices have risen fourfold.
  而同期，铜价上涨了3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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A Study on Circuit of the Positive Coefficient Fourfold Differential of Single Operational Amplifier
  单运放正系数四次积分电路的研究
• The risk is particularly high in men who develop stroke, with an almost fourfold increase.
  这个危险因素在男性中风的发生中特别的高，几乎增加了4倍。
• Chinese authorities have already told Beijing that the cost of water will increase fourfold next year.
  中国的有关部门早已告诉北京，明年中国的水费价将增长四倍。