| 单词 | fourfold |
| 释义 | fourfold (once / 8383 pages) adjadv If your salary increases fourfold when you get a new job, it means that your income is four times larger than it used to be. Use the adjective fourfold when something is four times as big, or when it's been multiplied by four. You're almost always going to see fourfold accompanied by the word increase. For example, making class sizes smaller and school days longer might result in a fourfold increase in test scores. Or sticking to your pledge of not buying fancy coffee drinks could lead to a fourfold increase in available pocket change each week. WORD FAMILYfourfold USAGE EXAMPLESTransport authorities say that since the quake, traffic on that route has increased fourfold. Seattle Times(Nov 24, 2016) Californians for Population Stabilization, which seeks to curtail immigration, said online donations have increased fourfold since Trump’s victory. Seattle Times(Nov 15, 2016) Two studies, in the journal Cell, found a mutation increased the virus' ability to infect human cells fourfold. BBC(Nov 03, 2016) 1adj four times as great or many a fourfold increase in the dosage Syn four-fold, quadruple multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 2adj having four units or components Syn four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 3adv by a factor of four the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years Syn four times |
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