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

• 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。
• Over the same period copper prices have risen fourfold.
  而同期，铜价上涨了3倍。
• Experiment of fourfold frequency divider proved the feasibility and validity of the method.
  四倍分频器电路演化实验结果验证了该方法的可行性与有效性。
• 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。
• Relatives of those who have suffered from the condition have a fourfold greater risk of degenerating themselves, as compared to those without any hereditary connection.
  这些谁已经从亲属遭受的条件有一个更大的风险四倍自己堕落相比，没有任何连接的世袭。
• The population in this area has increased fourfold.
  该地区的人口已增加到四倍。
• After five years, those women had a fourfold higher risk than average women of developing breast cancer.
  五年后，研究人员发现这些女性患乳腺癌的风险达到了普通女性的四倍。
• Over the full year the deposit base doubled and the market for bonds denominated in the offshore currency grew fourfold.
  去年一年，香港离岸人民币存款的规模增长了一倍，以人民币计价的债券市场规模增长了四倍。
• And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
  撒该站着，对主说，主阿，我把所有的一半给穷人。我若讹诈了谁，就还他四倍。
• If the threat of rabies arose every five years, targeting all the wolves in the corridors would cut the risk of extinction over a20-year period by fourfold.
  如果对居住于峡谷内的所有狼群每五年开展一次狂犬病治疗，在20年内，埃塞俄比亚狼种灭亡的可能性将降低四倍。