quadruple

英 [kwɒdˈruː.pəl]      美 [kwɑːˈdruː.pəl]
  • adj. 四倍的;四重的
  • vt. 使…成四倍
  • vi. 成为四倍
  • n. 四倍
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quadruple 四倍

quadr-,四,-ple,倍数,词源同triple.

quadruple (v.)
late 14c., from Middle French quadrupler, from Late Latin quadruplare "make fourfold, multiply by four," from Latin quadruplus (adj.) "quadruple, fourfold" (see quadruple (adj.)).
quadruple (adj.)
1550s, from Middle French quadruple (13c.), from Latin quadruplus "fourfold," from quadri- "four" (see quadru-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus).
1. 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。
2. There was a proposal in the United States to quadruple its annual intake of immigrants.
在美国有提案建议把每年移民的接收数量增加3倍。
3. We have hope to quadruple the total industrial and agricultural output by the end of the century, which is a lofty aim.
我们有雄心壮志,到本世纪末, 使工农业生产总值翻两番.
4. 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.
5. Clyde was not a quadruple - dyed villain.
克莱德并不是一个 彻头彻尾 的坏蛋.

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