maybe属于口语化的用词 now that是now作连词的一种固定搭配的结构,也可以直接写成now,表示原因。 Now that…表明原因交代背景 朗文给出的解释为:because of something or as a result of something
Now that we know each other a little better, we get along fine.
I'm going to relax now the school year is over.
Now that I think of it, I acted the same way when I was his age.
of late即为recently、lately。 以“地球比月球大六倍”这个句子为例,下面简单讲一下表示倍数的句型结构。 [1]
倍数的表示一般情况下为:数字+times,如六倍即为:6 times。比较特殊的是两倍,为twice [2]
要表示地球比月球大六倍,我们一般可以有下面三种最基本的表示方法: a)
主谓+倍数+as
形容词原形 as+宾语:The earth is six times as large as the moon.
b)
主谓+倍数+形容词比较级 than+宾语:The earth is 6 times larger than the moon. c)
主谓+倍数+形容词对应的表示量的名词 of+宾语:The earth is 6 times the size of the moon.
其中,形容词与其对应的表示量的名词,包括large/big – size, long – length, wide – width等等. [3]
与上面三种写法相对应,如果我们要表示,地球的大小比月球的六倍还大,只要在句子中加入more than即可,则可以写为: a)
The earth is more than 6 times as large as the moon. b)
The earth is more than 6 times larger than the moon. c)
The earth is more than 6 times the size of the moon. [4]
另外有一系列表示倍数的词:double, triple, quadruple等,这类词本身可以做形容词,表示倍数。 如:The city was enclosed by walls of double thickness.
有如本题:The earnings in this quarter are (more than) double the earnings in the previous quarter.
同时,这类词也可以作为动词。以 double为例,常见的基本句型包括: a)
double in size/number/value etc
Within two years the company had doubled in size.
The church has doubled its membership in the last five years. b)
double the size/number/amount etc (of something)
A promise was given to double the number of police on duty. [5]
第三类表示倍数的形容词为:twofold, threefold, fourfold, tenfold等。以twofold为例,其意思为 two times as much or as many of something。该类词为形容词,多用于构成形容词+名词的词组, 如:a threefold increase in revenue,少用于比较两个事物之间的倍数关系。 |