Oct 26, 2018 01:31
5 yrs ago
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English term
three-fold increase
English to Chinese
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知道three-fold increase在國內可翻譯為"翻了三翻"。如果想以倍數計，是否就只是三倍，還是更多？一張紙摺三次可不是三倍！
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 5 | 增加到三倍/增加了两倍 |
Frank Feng
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| 4 | 增加了三倍/是原来的四倍 |
CingJoy Liu
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Proposed translations
3 mins
Frank Feng
China
China
Native in Chinese
Works in field
China
Medical, Financial, Game, IT Translation
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Mandarin, Traditional, Simplified) , Mandarin Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English to Mandarin Chinese
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增加到三倍/增加了两倍
不能说“翻”三倍，因为可能被理解为 x2x2x2 （翻倍三次）
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-10-26 06:30:49 GMT)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threefold
- being three times as great or as many
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-10-26 06:30:49 GMT)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threefold
- being three times as great or as many
12 days
增加了三倍/是原来的四倍
”three-fold“ 是”三倍的“，”three-fold increase“是”增加了三倍“，也就是原来的四倍。
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threefold
- being three times as great or as many