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倍数的英文翻译

2011.10.31

倍数的翻译

1.A是B的N倍大/长…(或者A比B大/长…N-1倍)

一般有以下两种英语表达方法;

(1) A is N times as large/long (形容词/副词原形) as B. Eg: Asia is four times as large as Europe.

(2) A is N times larger/longer（形容词/副词比较级）than B. Eg: Asia is four times larger than Europe.

(3) A is N times the size/length (形容词/副词的名词形式) of B. Eg: Asia is four times the size of Europe.

以上三句例句的中文翻译均为：亚洲是欧洲的四倍大，或者亚洲比欧洲大三倍。

小编吐槽：全国的老师都欺骗了我们啊！说实话，看到Asia is four times larger than Europe. 第一个反应是亚洲比欧洲大四倍，有木有？可这个翻译是错的！来自五湖四海的英语小编们个个跳出来指认，从小到大，老师都是这么教的，考试也是这么考的，怎么会错呢？于是，遍查资料后发现，全国的老师好像都错了......还是不死心，这要是错了，简直是推翻了我们从小到大的人生观啊。抱着最后一丝希望，请教了外教，于是，人生观无情地被颠覆了。所以，全国的同学们，请大家从此牢记：A is N times larger/longer than B的这个用法就是"A是B的N倍大/长，A比B大/长N-1倍"！切记，切记啊！

2. by 和to

(1) 动词+ by + 倍数/百分数/数词

Eg: The production of grain has been increased by four times this year.

今年粮食产量增加了四倍。

(2) 动词+ to + 数词

Eg: Last year profits rose to $201 million.

去年利润增长到2亿零100万美元。

3. by a factor of

词组by a factor of 在《朗文双解》中的解释为"if something increases or decreases by a factor of N, it increases or decreases by N times."以N倍的系数增加或减少。这个解释表达不是很明确，现在把它分成以下两种情况来分析：