trebling
present participle oftreble
| 单词 | trebling |
| 释义 | trebling present 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
Examplesoftreblingtrebling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thistreblingof the pregnancy rate is highly significant and difficult to interpret. From theCambridge English Corpus Feinstein calculates atreblingof the investment proportion between 1945 and 1947. From theCambridge English Corpus Treblingwould mean 6,000 megawatts of atomic electricity by 1965 with a coal equivalent of about 18 million tons a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The company reports show that each year directors' fees are doubling andtrebling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The prospect of his beertreblingin price—instant inflation, as it were—is truly daunting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Doubling,treblingor quadrupling the fines will not solve the problem but it will impose a tax that, ultimately, passengers will have to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It involves doubling the annual expenditure in ten years andtreblingit in twenty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not certain whether, instead of doubling, it is nottreblingthe duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The 10-year transport plan underlined our commitment to encourage cycling by setting a target oftreblingcycle use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This may be the same policy —a whole-life policy is converted as the same policy into an endowment policy involving thetreblingof the premium. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are good hopes that production will reach 25 million tons a year by the mid 1970streblingby 1980. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The amount of the eight commodities held in store increased, with some doubling and sometrebling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases this will mean atreblingof rent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The operation of debt agencies has increased, because one of the real burdens imposed on the nation is thetreblingof personal debt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That means there has been atreblingof the number of lines from the central listening post. 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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