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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Over the same period copper prices have risen fourfold.
  而同期，铜价上涨了3倍。
• The CME expects the volume growth to mirror that of other emerging markets currency contracts, such as the Russian rouble and Brazilian real, which grew fourfold in the first half of last year.
  CME预计，人民币期货合约的交易量增长，将与其他新兴市场货币（如俄罗斯卢布和巴西雷亚尔）期货合约相仿，后者在去年上半年增长了三倍。
• In some cases output has increased more than fourfold.
  在有些情况下，产量增加了3倍多。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The population in this area has increased fourfold.
  该地区的人口已增加到四倍。