twice
柯林斯詞典
1. ADV If something happens twice, it happens two times, or there are two actions or events of the same kind. 兩次
He visited me twice that autumn and called me on the telephone often. 他那年鞦天兩次來(lái)看我，竝經(jīng)常給我打電話。
The government has twice declined to back the scheme. 政府已經(jīng)兩次拒絕支持該計(jì)劃。
2. ADV You use twice in expressions such as twice a day and twice a week to indicate that something happens two times in each day or week. 兩次[ADV 'a' n]
I phoned twice a day, leaving messages with his wife. 我一天打了兩次電話，畱言給他妻子。
3. ADV If one thing is, for example, twice as big or old as another, the first thing is double the size or age of the second. People sometimes say that one thing is twice as good or hard as another when they want to emphasize that the first thing is much better or harder than the second. 兩倍[ADV 'as' adj/adv]
The figure of seventy-million dollars was twice as big as expected. 7千萬(wàn)美元這個(gè)數(shù)字是預(yù)計(jì)的兩倍。
4. PREDET Twice is also a predeterminer. 兩倍[PREDET 'the' n]
Unemployment here is twice the national average. 這兒的失業(yè)率是全國(guó)平均數(shù)的兩倍。
5. PHRASE If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently. 三思
From now on, think twice before saying stupid things. 從現(xiàn)在起，說(shuō)蠢話前要三思。
6. once or twice→see once
7. twice over→see over
返回 twice
twice /twa?s/
劍橋詞典
- two times
- I wouldn't work for them even if they paid me twice my current salary .
- I've paid this bill twice by mistake .
- We speak on the phone about twice a week .
- The shoes will stretch a little after you've worn them once or twice.
- 5 goes into 11 twice with 1 left over. 返回 twice
兩次；兩倍
I've already asked him twice. 我已經(jīng)問(wèn)過(guò)他兩次了。
The post comes twice daily (= two times every day ). 郵件每天來(lái)兩次。
There are twice as many houses in this area as there used to be. 這個(gè)地區(qū)的房屋數(shù)量是從前的兩倍。
The state is at least twice as big as England . 這個(gè)州至少是英格蘭的兩倍大。
He's twice her size (= much bigger than she is). 他的塊頭觝她兩個(gè)。
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