核心问题
His money ____ six times during that period.
A. increased B. increased by C. increased with D. increased to
《中学英语答疑析难》(高三)(p.91)解答说,此题答案只能是B,并且认为increase by n times与increase n times意思不同。请问此题真的不能选A吗?
词典解答
英语里既可以说 increase by n times, 也可以说 increase n times。在一般情况下, 两者的含义是相同的, 都表示“增加到 n 倍”或“增加了 n - 1 倍”(参见 n times more than, as much as)。
-
Foreign investments there increased six times. 那里的外国投资增加了5倍。
-
The steel output has increased by two times. 钢产量已增加了一倍。
-
The strength of the attraction between two unlike charges increases by times if the distance between the original charges is halved. 如果两个不同的电荷之间的距离缩短一半, 则它们之间的吸引力的强度增加到原来的 倍。