用times表示倍数(一般限于包括基数在内三倍或三倍以上的数。表示两倍的数用twice)
1.“A + be + 倍数 + as + 形容词或副词原级 + as + B"
This tree is three times as tall as that one.
这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。
His father is twice as old as he.
他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。
2.“A + be + 倍数 + 形容词或副词的比较级 + than + B ”
The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.
长江差不多比珠江长两倍。
The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one.
这本字典比那本恰好贵5倍
3.“A + be + 倍数 + the + 计量名词 + of + B ”
The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one.
新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。
计量名词 :size大, length长, width宽, height高, depth深,weight重
…倍数+the size of ……
…倍数+the length of ……
…倍数+the height of ……
…倍数+the width of ……
…倍数+the depth of ……
…倍数+the weight of ……
4. “The + 计量名词 + of + A + be + 倍数 + that + of + B”
The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.
新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。
5.“ … times + that of+被比较对象”
In this workshop the output of July was three times that of January.
这个车间7月份的产量是元月份的三倍。