quadruple

1. V-T/V-I If someone quadruples an amount or if it quadruples, it becomes four times bigger. 使成4倍; 成爲4倍

China seeks to quadruple its income in twenty years. 中國力求在20年內將其收入繙兩番。

2. PREDET If one amount is quadruple another amount, it is four times bigger. 4倍的[PREDET det n]

Fifty-nine percent of its residents have attended graduate school – quadruple the national average. 該地區(qū)59％的居民讀過研究生–是全國平均水平的4倍。

3. ADJ You use quadruple to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times. 由4部分組成的; 發(fā)生4次的[ADJ n]

The quadruple murder has replaced property prices as the sole topic of interest. 這4起連環(huán)謀殺案已經取代房價成爲了人們惟一感興趣的話題。