职称英语考试常用句型(78)

　　……times……er than……

　　结构︰倍数词+形容词或副词比较级+than…

　　说明︰此句型意为“比…大几倍”。“两倍”是twice，而三倍以上的“倍”，通常用times.

　　We now know that X-ray waves are 2，000 to 10，000 times shorter than light waves.
　　我们现在知道X光波比光波短二千到一万倍。

　　This street is four times shorter than that one.
　　这条街道比那条短四倍。

　　The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant.
　　这只母象比小象重一百倍。

　　It is ten times louder than another.
　　它比另外一个的声音大十倍。

　　This street is three times wider than that one.
　　这条街比那条街宽三倍。

　　I am twice older than he.
　　我的年纪比他大两倍。