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作者: Fabulous    时间: 2009-5-4 07:01     标题: 关于increase的用法

前两天在书上看到这样的一道题

As evidence of sushi's drastically increasing popularity, the most recent studies show that the number of sushi restaurants in the state increased by more than 3 times in the past 5 years.

A   increased by more than 3 times

B   increased by more than triple

C   was increased more than 3 times

D   has more than tripled

E   was more than tripled

答案给出的是D,我当时看得时候觉得选A

后面给出的解释上写着 a number doesn't increase by more than 3 times.是说主语是数量,不能用increase by吗?应该可以把?那么是3 times有问题吗?

可能这不是一本像OG一样很权威的书,但是看到这题我就对于Increase,X times, double, triple 等的用法很是困惑,请帮忙解答一下可以吗?

谢谢!


作者: yubyuber    时间: 2009-5-5 06:51

要说two times时, 最好用twice/double
要说three times时, 最好用triple

作者: Fabulous    时间: 2009-5-5 22:14

这是一个更优原则吗?

不是two times之类的本身的错误吗?


作者: xiaoxiugirl    时间: 2009-5-6 06:58

这应该用完成式

D最简洁,符合简洁原则!

double ,triple等词只有主动。。。不能被动!

increase一般做名字的几率比较大,have an increase in sth


作者: yubyuber    时间: 2009-5-7 06:59

umm...
在表倍增的情況下, double/triple/etc會比較好, 因為很清楚知道是什麼在倍增.
A的increased by more than 3 times不是很清楚, 3 times of what?

作者: Fabulous    时间: 2009-5-8 07:02

有点不太理解楼主说的话,可能是我太笨了……

我怎么觉得A的more than 3 times就是形容未划线部分的number的。

the number increased by 3 times这样的用法对吗?

再问!


作者: yubyuber    时间: 2009-5-8 17:31

sorry, 修正:
"be more than 3 times"後要接名詞 or "of what..."
"increased by more than 3 times"後可以不用接任何東東.
so yes, "more than tripled"比"increased by more than 3 times" concise.





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