| 词汇 | trebled |
| 释义 | trebled past simple and past participle oftreble treble verb[ I or T ] mainly UKuk /ˈtreb.əl/ us /ˈtreb.əl/ to increase three times in size or amount, or to make something do this: （使）成三倍，（使）增加两倍 The price of property has almost trebled in the last ten years.在过去10年里房地产价格几乎涨了三倍。 Synonym triple Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division add add (something) up addition addition sign additive arithmetical half halve highest common factor power quadruply quintuple quotient recursion round something down sextuple square subtract table treble Examples of trebledtrebled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Between 1890 and 1912, net local government expenditure met from rates and exchequer grants more than trebled. The literacy rate has more than trebled from 18 per cent to 65 percent of the population. The number of hospitals and clinics trebled between 1975 and 1998, while the number of licensed doctors increased from 16,800 to 65,431. If the span were trebled, to an unbelievable dimension of nearly 100m, with the member sizes increased in proportion, then the nominal stresses would be increased by only 75%. He notes that while the upper classes trebled between 1500 and 1700, at a time when the total population barely doubled, the numbers of the lowest ranks in society increased. This means that within a year the community programme has been more than trebled in size. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I calculate that the trebled programme will probably need an expenditure of about £700 million to £720 million in the next nine years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now that programme is to be virtually trebled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No fees need be trebled in one year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of families forced to rely on family income supplement to top up their low wages has trebled since 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is generally accepted that the number of individual share owners has approximately trebled since 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of individual shareholders has more than trebled since 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is to be achieved, the upper value limit of £500 should be at least doubled, and perhaps even trebled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it has probably trebled, but certainly it has more than doubled, because it has doubled since about 1914. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the iron and steel trades unemployment has trebled since they came into office, and in engineering it has nearly trebled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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