1. 倍数+as+形容词或副词的原级+as+其它。
这种结构又常演变成下列两类:
①倍数+as+many+可数名词复数+as;②倍数+as+much+不可数名词+as。如:There are seven times as many people as I expected.是我预料的人数的七倍。There is five times as much coffee in this glass as in that one.这个杯子里的咖啡是那个杯子里的五倍。
2. 倍数+形容词(或副词)的比较级+ than+其它。如:The hall is five times bigger than our classroom.这个大厅的面积比我们教师大五倍。
3. 计量名词+of+名词+be+倍数+that+of+其它。如:The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。
4. 倍数+what从句。如:The production is now three times what it was ten years ago.现在的产量是十年前的三倍。
5. 倍数+more+名词+than+其它。如:There are nine times more books in his bag than in yours.他书包里的书比你书包里的书多九倍。
6. 其它表达。如:She's twice/double my age.她的年龄是我的两倍。The average income of the staff has been increased by 50 percent compared with last year.与去年相比,该单位职工的收入已增加了50%。He runs faster than me by three times.他跑得比我快三倍。