2014年职称英语考试综合类语法辅导资料：比较句型(5)

　　... times the/my N ...

　　结构︰倍数词＋the（或所有格）＋名词

　　说明︰此句型意为是的几倍。与之间一定有 the 或。有时可改为＋as＋。三倍以上的倍，通常用times。而more than＋＋the（或）＋译为是的几倍还不止。

　　It was over twice the distance of the earth from the sun. 那是地球到太阳的距离的两倍多。

　　Line A is four times the length of line B. 线条 A 是线条 B 的四倍长。

　　I have five times the number of Toms books. 我有五倍于汤姆的书。

　　He has three times my money. 他的钱是我的三倍。

　　He has more than three times my money. 他的钱是我的三倍还不止。

　　The river is ten times the length of the Tamsui River. 这条河的长度是淡水河的十倍。

　　Holland has two-thirds the inhabitants of the state of New York, which is four times the size of Holland. 荷兰的居民是纽约州的三分之二，而纽约州却是荷兰的四倍大。

　　more than ... as ... as

　　结构︰more than＋倍数词＋as＋形容词／副词＋as

　　说明︰此句型意为是的几倍还不止。两倍是twice，而三倍以上的倍，通常用times。

　　He is more than three times as rich as I.

　　他的财富是我的三倍还不止。

　　He studies more than three times as hard as I. 他用功的程度是我的三倍还不止。

　　I am more than twice as old as he. 我的年龄是他的两倍还不止。

　　He has collected more than three times as many stamps as I .

　　他搜集的邮票是我的三倍还不止。