1. “… times +形容词 / 副词的比较级+ than …”例如:
Line AB is three times longer than line CD.
线段 AB 是(线段) CD 的三倍长。
This hall is five times bigger than our classroom.
这个大厅比我们的教室大 5 倍。
2. “… times +as + 形容词 / 副词的原级+ as …”例如:
This table is three times as long as that one.
这张桌子是那张桌子的三倍长。
This dictionary is five times as thick as the one you borrowed from the library.
这本词典的厚度是你从图书馆借的那本(厚度)的 5 倍。
3. “… times + the + 名词(如: size, height, weight, length, width 等)+ of …”例如:
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.
地球的体积是月球的 49 倍。
This river is three times the depth of that one.
这条河是那条河的三倍深。
4. “… times + more +名词+ than …”例如:
He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago.
他现在挣的钱比十年前挣的多 5 倍。
There are twice more students in our class than in theirs.
我们班的学生人数比他们班多两倍。
5. “… times +as many (或 much )+名词+ as …”例如:
We've produced twice as much cotton this year as (we did ) ten years ago.
今年我们生产的棉花比十年前多了一倍。(汉语中的多一倍实际上也指两倍一样多。)
He has got three times as many books as his sister.