| 词汇 | quadrupling |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | quadrupling present participle ofquadruple quadruple verb[ I or T ] uk /kwɒdˈruː.pəl/ us /kwɑːˈdruː.pəl/ to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four: （使）成四倍;（使）以四乘 The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.在过去10年内，该大学的学生人数增加了3倍。 We expect to quadruple our profits this year.今年我们打算把利润翻两番。 Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division add add (something) up addition addition sign additive arithmetical half halve highest common factor power quadruply quintuple quotient recursion round something down sextuple square subtract table treble Examples of quadruplingquadrupling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thus, the third term, slow(c), must be tested four times, unnecessarily quadrupling the time spent processing that term. The gross extra cost of doubling and quadrupling the retirement pension age addition would be £28 million and £84 million respectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry has been set the task of quadrupling its pre-natural gas sales by the middle of this decade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Doubling, trebling or quadrupling the fines will not solve the problem but it will impose a tax that, ultimately, passengers will have to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not dealing with a figure of some 300,000 unemployed, as we were until the quadrupling of the price of oil in 1974. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The doubling or quadrupling of waiting lists is not acceptable, and breaking a promise to end waiting lists is not acceptable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be foolish, because no one can predict that there will not be a quadrupling of oil prices, as happened in 1972 and 1973. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this clause there is more than a doubling of the minimum period and more than a quadrupling of the full period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are trebling or quadrupling the weight carried on the roads, which means wearing them very badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The real point was whether you were doubling or quadrupling the duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know about the quadrupling of the price of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we are facing is not a shortage of energy, but the quadrupling of the price of the most indispensable element of our civilisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he think they will accept a trebling or quadrupling of rents? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A quadrupling of size is an enormous change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The quadrupling of oil prices has imposed a massive external debt on the developed world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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