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 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。
• 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。
• In some cases output has increased more than fourfold.
  在有些情况下，产量增加了3倍多。
• The population in this area has increased fourfold.
  该地区的人口已增加到四倍。
• We have evaluated this clustering for several sample queries that restrict their search to a single group_PDB value ( i.e.," HETATOM") and found that it can improve query performance fourfold.
  我们已经通过几个将搜索限制于单个groupPDB值（即HETATOM）的样例查询评估了这种集群并发现它能够将查询性能提高四倍。
• Over the same period copper prices have risen fourfold.
  而同期，铜价上涨了3倍。
• 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。
• Higher demand for solar energy, triggered by concerns about global warming, will drive a fourfold increase in the annual revenues of the global solar equipment industry from$ 20bn last year to$ 90bn in 2010, according to projections published today.
  今日即将发布的预测显示，人们对全球变暖的担忧，导致太阳能需求上升，这将推动全球太阳能设备行业的年收入增长3倍，从去年的200亿美元，到2010年时增至900亿美元。
• 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。