trebled

英 [ˈtrebld]

美 [ˈtrebld]

v.  (使)成三倍，增加两倍
treble的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)增加两倍;(使)成为三倍
  If somethingtreblesor if youtrebleit, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was.
  1. They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January...
     一月份房租增加两倍时，他们将被迫多付不少钱。
  2. The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000.
     该市的囚犯人数增长了两倍，达到 21,000 人。
• PREDET 是…的三倍
  If one thing istreblethe size or amount of another thing, it is three times greater in size or amount.
  1. More than 7 million shares changed hands, treble the normal daily average.
     有 700 多万股换手，是通常日平均成交量的 3 倍。
• 男童高音；唱高音的男童声歌手
  Atrebleis a boy with a very high singing voice.
• N-COUNT 三连胜
  In sport, atrebleis three successes one after the other, for example winning three horse races on the same day, or winning three competitions in the same season.
  1. The win completed a treble for them – they already claimed a league and cup double this year.
     此役获胜成就了他们的三冠王——此前他们已经拿下了今年的联赛和杯赛双料冠军。

双语例句

• In the years since the government announced its supposed golf course moratorium, the number of courses has nearly trebled to an estimated 600 or so.
  政府宣布所谓的高尔夫球场建设禁令以来的几年里，球场数量近乎增加了两倍，估计在600块左右。
• The efficiency of the machine has been more than trebled.
  这台机器的效率增加了二倍多。
• Suicide attempts by young men in this age group have trebled.
  这个年龄段企图自杀的年轻人增加了两倍。
• Profits in our company have trebled in the last two years.
  我们公司的利润在这两年中增加了三倍。
• The town's population has almost trebled to about 300,000 in a decade or so.
  这座城镇的人口在大约十年的时间里几乎增长了两倍，达到30万人。
• Since 1981, domestic research has at least trebled among the Bric nations.
  自1981年以来，金砖四国（BRIC）的本土论文数量至少增长了两倍。
• The United States Air Force was going to be doubled, or perhaps trebled, in the next six months.
  在未来的六个月中，美国将把它的空军增加一倍或两倍。
• The chancellor would have been cheered more loudly had he doubled or trebled that figure.
  如果他把这个数字加上一倍或两倍，准能赢得更大声的欢呼。
• It has seen a disproportionate rise in small buyers: the number of accounts with fewer than 1,000 shares ( 100 ounces) has trebled in the past year while large ones have barely budged.
  该基金注意到，小户数量出现了不成比例的增长：过去一年，持股低于1000股（合100盎司）的账户数量增长了两倍，而大户数量基本没有变动。
• The price of property has almost trebled in the last ten years.
  在过去的十年里地价几乎涨了两倍。