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Ten times as much, or ten times as many.
Ten times as much十倍那麼多,or ten times as many或十倍那麼多個。
It works two ways in a sentence. As an adjective before a noun: a tenfold increase, a tenfold rise in prices. As an adverb after a verb: sales increased tenfold, the population grew tenfold. Both are common; the adverb use feels slightly more natural in speech.
It works two ways in a sentence它在句子裡有兩種用法。As an adjective before a noun當形容詞放在名詞前面:a tenfold increase一個十倍的增加、a tenfold rise in prices物價十倍的上漲。As an adverb after a verb當副詞放在動詞後面:sales increased tenfold銷售增加為十倍、the population grew tenfold人口成長為十倍。Both are common兩種都很常見;the adverb use feels slightly more natural in speech不過副詞用法在口語裡感覺更自然一點。
What makes it worth learning is that it is a whole family, not one word — twofold, , fivefold, a hundredfold all work the same way, and once you see the pattern you own all of them.
What makes it worth learning is that it is a whole family, not one word值得學的地方在於,它是一整個家族,不是單一個字——twofold, threefold, fivefold, a hundredfold all work the same waytwofold、threefold、fivefold、a hundredfold全都是一樣的用法,and once you see the pattern you own all of them一旦你看懂這個規律,你就等於學會了全部。
The word is a bit formal, and it lives where numbers live: reports, news, science writing, business talk. One thing English does here that Chinese does differently: tenfold means the new amount is ten times the old one, so 100 becoming 1,000.
The word is a bit formal這個字有點正式,and it lives where numbers live而且它常出現在跟數字有關的地方:reports報告、news新聞、science writing科學寫作、business talk商業談話。One thing English does here that Chinese does differently英文在這裡有一點跟中文不一樣:tenfold means the new amount is ten times the old onetenfold的意思是新的數量是舊的十倍,so 100 becoming 1,000也就是100變成1,000。
Careful writers use it for increases far more often than decreases — "decreased tenfold" is heard, but many readers find it awkward and prefer "fell to a tenth." People also stretch it to things you cannot count: "her confidence grew tenfold" does not mean anyone measured it; it means a lot. That looser use is normal in speech but a bit much in formal writing.
Careful writers use it for increases far more often than decreases細心的作者用它來講「增加」遠多於「減少」——"decreased tenfold" is heard"decreased tenfold"這種說法聽得到,but many readers find it awkward and prefer "fell to a tenth."不過很多讀者覺得這樣講很彆扭,比較喜歡"fell to a tenth"這種說法。People also stretch it to things you cannot count大家也把它延伸用在無法計數的東西上:"her confidence grew tenfold" does not mean anyone measured it"her confidence grew tenfold"並不是說有人真的量過,it means a lot意思只是「多了很多」。That looser use is normal in speech這種比較鬆散的用法在口語裡很正常,but a bit much in formal writing但在正式寫作裡就有點過頭。
組成ten + -fold. The -fold part is very old, from Old English -feald, and it carries the idea of layers folded on top of each other — ten layers, so ten times. The same -fold sits inside manifold and in the everyday verb fold.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tenfoldadj/ˈtɛnfoʊld/
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Ten times as much or as many.
- [F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible.
- Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses--a tenfold increase over 1980.
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Containing ten parts.
tenfoldadv/ˈtɛnfoʊld/
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By ten times as much.
- 1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer."
- I am here [in prison] for committing a crime, yet I see the state officials commit crimes that are ten fold worse and they do it without ramifications.
tenfoldverb/ˈtɛnfoʊld/
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To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。