quadruple
adj. 四重的; 四倍的; 由四部份组成的
vt.& vi. 使乘四或被四乘
If someone quadruples an amount or if it quadruples, it becomes four times bigger.
Norway has quadrupled its exports to the EU...
挪威对欧盟的出口已经增加了3倍。
The price has quadrupled in the last few years.
近几年来价格已经翻了两番。
If one amount is quadruple another amount, it is four times bigger.
They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品。
You use quadruple to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times.
...a quadruple murder.
四尸命案
1. a quantity that is four times as great as another
1. increase fourfold;
1. having four units or components;
2. four times as great or many;
It was not just double meaning , but quadruple meaning!
这喑喻不但是双重, 更是四重暗喻!
Few would bet against him completing a quadruple after his French Open and Wimbledon triumphs.
在他赢得了法网、温网、及奥运会三项冠军之后,几乎没有人会怀疑他有能力拿下第四个冠军头衔.
The power utilities will need to quadruple their capacity.
电力事业必须使它们的能力增加三倍.
We are confident that we can quadruple the GNP by the end of this century.
对到本世纪末达到国民生产总值翻两番的目标,我们是有信心的.
Will we be able to quadruple the GNP by the end of the century?
到本世纪末翻两番有没有可能?