times
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times — 介系詞
1. 用於兩個數字或數量之間，表示前者乘以後者的數學運算，例如「four times five」等於「four 乘以 five」
乘以
數學乘法運算用詞
用於兩個數字或數量之間，表示前者乘以後者的數學運算，例如「four times five」等於「four 乘以 five」
Yara asked, 'What is six times seven?' and Feng answered, 'Forty-two.'
Yara 問：「六乘以七是多少？」Feng 回答：「四十二。」
[number] times [number] — asking and answering a multiplication fact
To find the area of the garden, Liang multiplied the length times the width.
為了算出花園的面積，Liang 將長度乘以寬度。
The teacher wrote 'four times five equals twenty' on the whiteboard in large blue letters.
老師用藍色大字在白板上寫下「四乘以五等於二十」。
A sign read 'a number times nine is fifty-four,' and Quinn solved it.
門上的牌子寫著「某數乘以九等於五十四」，Quinn 解出了答案。
When baking the cake, the recipe called for three-quarters times two cups of milk.
烤蛋糕時，食譜需要四分之三乘以兩杯牛奶。
- multiplied by
the formal written form used in mathematics textbooks and equations
文法句型
[number] times [number]
常見錯誤
times — 前限定詞
1. 與數字連用，放在比較詞（如「as」、「more」、「than」或「the + 名詞 + of」）之前，表示某事物的數量、大小或程度是另一事物的若干倍
⋯倍
表示數量相差倍數
與數字連用，放在比較詞（如「as」、「more」、「than」或「the + 名詞 + of」）之前，表示某事物的數量、大小或程度是另一事物的若干倍
Rafael's new apartment is three times as big as his old city-centre one.
Rafael 的新公寓是市中心舊公寓的三倍大。
[number] times + as + adjective + as — standard comparison structure
The village population grew to four times what it was back in 1990.
這個村庄的人口已增長到 1990 年的四倍。
Madison earns three times more than she did at her first job after university.
Madison 現在的收入是她大學畢業後第一份工作的三倍多。
Hyun's large blue suitcase weighs twice as much as Quinn's small red carry-on bag.
Hyun 的藍色大行李箱比 Quinn 的紅色小登機箱重兩倍。
The beach hotel costs five times the price of the guesthouse near the railway station.
海邊飯店的價格是火車站附近旅館的五倍。
- -fold (threefold)
more formal register; common in academic and business writing ('a threefold increase')
- by a factor of
technical and scientific style ('increased by a factor of three')
文法句型
[number] times + as + adjective/adverb + as + noun
[number] times + comparative + than + noun
[number] times + the + noun + of + noun
用法筆記
This sense follows three common patterns: 'as + adjective + as' (three times as fast as), a comparative + 'than' (three times faster than), or a noun phrase (three times the size). All three express a multiplicative comparison and are interchangeable in most contexts.
常見錯誤
2. 非正式用法，置於比較級形容詞（如 better、faster）之前以加強語氣，表示「非常」、「⋯⋯得多」，與「much」或「far」意思相同，但不給出具體倍數
非常；⋯得多
加強比較級的非正式用法
非正式用法，置於比較級形容詞（如 better、faster）之前以加強語氣，表示「非常」、「⋯⋯得多」，與「much」或「far」意思相同，但不給出具體倍數
Folake said the sequel was times better than the boring original movie.
Folake 說續集比沉悶的原版電影好看太多了。
informal register: times + comparative without a specific number
This laptop runs times faster than Tuan's old computer from ten years ago.
這台筆電跑得比 Tuan 十年前的舊電腦快好幾倍。
The view from the mountain peak was times more beautiful than any photograph.
山頂的景色比任何照片都美上許多。
After the training course, Nikhil felt times more confident about giving presentations at work.
上完培訓課程後，Nikhil 對在公司進行簡報比以前有信心得多。
文法句型
times + comparative adjective + than + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 does not use a specific number before 'times'. Compare 'This car is times faster' (sense 2, informal, no exact figure) with 'This car is three times faster' (sense 1, literal comparison with a concrete multiplier).