英语翻译技巧3
  倍数增加
  A is n times as great(long,much,…)as B.(①)
  A is n times greater (longer, more,…)than B.(②)
  A is n times the size (length, amount,…)of B.(③)
  以上三句都应译为;A的大小(长度,数量,……)是B的n倍[或A比B大(长,多,……)n-1倍].
  Eg. This book is three times as long as (three times longer than,three times the length of )that one.
  这本书的篇幅是那本书的3倍(即长两倍)。