一般有以下两种英语表达方法;

 

(1) A is N times as large/long (形容词/副词原形) as B.

Eg: Asia is four times as large as Europe.

 

(2) A is N times larger/longer（形容词/副词比较级）than B.

Eg: Asia is four times larger than Europe.

 

(3) A is N times the size/length (形容词/副词的名词形式) of B.

Eg: Asia is four times the size of Europe.

以上三句例句的中文翻译均为：亚洲是欧洲的四倍大，或者亚洲比欧洲大三倍。

 

 

(1) 动词+ by + 倍数/百分数/数词

Eg: The production of grain has been increased by four times this year.

今年粮食产量增加了四倍。

 

(2) 动词+ to + 数词

Eg: Last year profits rose to $201 million.

去年利润增长到2亿零100万美元。

 

 

词组by a factor of 在《朗文双解》中的解释为"if something increases or decreases by a factor of N, it increases or decreases by N times."以N倍的系数增加或减少。这个解释表达不是很明确，现在把它分成以下两种情况来分析：

 

(1)表示增加含义时

 

Increase/grow...by a factor of N times 增加到N倍，或者增加了N-1倍

 

Eg: The output¹ of diesel² oil for farm use has been increased by a factor of five times these years.

这些年来，用于农业生产的柴油产量增加了四倍。

 

(2)表示减少含义时

 

Decrease/fall...by a factor of N times 减少到1/N，或者减少了(N-1)/N。

 

Eg: The production has decreased by a factor of three times as against 1977.

总产量减少到1977年的三分之一。

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