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large

n times larger than

问

(1)A is n times larger than B.

(2) A is n times as large as B.

结构(1)和结构(2)有无区别?

答

结构(1)和结构(2)在语义上是完全相同的。但在用法上有些区别。根据A.S.Hornby的解释,当n等于2(此时用twice)或3时,as large as结构更为常用。参见more than 3^{3} ,as

much as.

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