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Thing Adv 副词   [Adv Big I Brush Teeth

英语单词 twice
英美音标 英 [twaɪs] 美 [twaɪs]
中文释义 adv.两倍;两次
英语例句 (1) I am more than twice as old as he.
(2) The length of the table is twice its breadth.
(3) I've seen this film twice.
(4) We should brush our teeth at least twice a day.
(5) Our study group gets together twice a week.
中文例句 (1) 我的年龄是他的两倍还不止。
(2) 桌子的长度是它的宽度的两倍。
(3) 这部影片我已经看过两次了。
(4) 我们每天应该至少刷两次牙。
(5) 我们的学习小组每周集中活动两次。
柯林斯解释
1
[ADV 副词]两次 If something happens twice, there are two actions or events of the same kind.
  [ADV with v]
  • He visited me twice that fall and called me on the telephone often...

    那年秋天他来看过我两次,而且经常给我打电话。

  • The government has twice declined to back the scheme…

    政府已两次拒绝支持该方案。

  • Thoroughly brush teeth and gums twice daily...

    每天两次彻底刷净牙齿和牙龈。

  • Twice before he had been in New York with Gladys on summer vacations.

    他之前已经和格拉迪丝两次来到纽约度暑假。

  • …Foster, who is twice the world champion.

    两次获世界冠军的福斯特

2
[ADV 副词](表示频率)每天两次/一周两次 You use twice in expressions such as twice a day and twice a week to indicate that two events or actions of the same kind happen in each day or week.
  [ADV a n]
  • I phoned twice a day, leaving messages with his wife...

    我每天打两次电话,托他妻子捎口信。

  • This famous horse race has taken place here twice a year since 1310.

    这一著名的赛马比赛自 1310 年以来每年在这里举行两次。

3
[ADV 副词]两倍;强(或好、难)得多 If one thing is, for example, twice as big or old as another, the first thing is two times as big or old as 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.
  [ADV as adj/adv]
  [PREDET the n]
  • The figure of seventy-million pounds was twice as big as expected.

    7,000 万英镑的金额是预期的两倍。

  • …a report claiming that teachers could be twice as effective if they returned to traditional classroom methods.

    声称教师若重新采用传统课堂讲授方法,授课效果会事半功倍的报告

  • Twice is also a predeterminer.
    • Unemployment in Northern Ireland is twice the national average...

      北爱尔兰的失业率是全国平均水平的两倍。

    • Double cream contains approximately twice the quantity of fat-soluble vitamins as single cream.

      高脂厚奶油中脂溶性维生素的含量大约是稀奶油的两倍。

4
[PHRASE 短语]重新考虑;慎重考虑;思忖再三 If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
  [V inflects]
  • She'd better shut her mouth and from now on think twice before saying stupid things.

    她最好闭上嘴巴,而且今后在说出蠢话之前先过过脑子。

5
once or twice→see:
once
; twice over→see:
over

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