trebled
past simple and past participle oftreble
| 单词 | trebled |
| 释义 | trebled past simple and past participle oftreble treble verb[IorT] mainlyUKuk/ˈtreb.əl/us/ˈtreb.əl/toincreasethreetimesinsizeoramount, or to make something do this: Thepriceofpropertyhasalmosttrebled in the last tenyears. Synonym triple Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
Examplesoftrebledtrebled 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 thantrebled. From theCambridge English Corpus The literacy rate has more thantrebledfrom 18 per cent to 65 percent of the population. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of hospitals and clinicstrebledbetween 1975 and 1998, while the number of licensed doctors increased from 16,800 to 65,431. From theCambridge English Corpus If the span weretrebled, to an unbelievable dimension of nearly 100m, with the member sizes increased in proportion, then the nominal stresses would be increased by only 75%. From theCambridge English Corpus He notes that while the upper classestrebledbetween 1500 and 1700, at a time when the total population barely doubled, the numbers of the lowest ranks in society increased. From theCambridge English Corpus This means that within a year the community programme has been more thantrebledin size. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I calculate that thetrebledprogramme 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now that programme is to be virtuallytrebled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No fees need betrebledin one year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of families forced to rely on family income supplement to top up their low wages hastrebledsince 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is generally accepted that the number of individual share owners has approximatelytrebledsince 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of individual shareholders has more thantrebledsince 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is to be achieved, the upper value limit of £500 should be at least doubled, and perhaps eventrebled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it has probablytrebled, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the iron and steel trades unemployment hastrebledsince they came into office, and in engineering it has nearlytrebled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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