quadrupled
past simple and past participle ofquadruple
| 单词 | quadrupled |
| 释义 | quadrupled past simple and past participle ofquadruple quadruple verb[IorT] uk/kwɒdˈruː.pəl/us/kwɑːˈdruː.pəl/tobecomefourtimesasbig, or tomultiplyanumberoramountby four: Thenumberofstudentsat thecollegehas quadrupled in the last tenyears. Weexpectto quadrupleourprofitsthisyear. Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
Examplesofquadrupledquadrupled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. From a thousand a week, the circulation quicklyquadrupled, and before long was 20 times what it had been. From theCambridge English Corpus By this time, the number of people engaged in the skin trade more thanquadrupled. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, between 1970 and 1980, the number of these groups more thanquadrupled. From theCambridge English Corpus During the twentieth century the world's populationquadrupled, the global economy expanded 14-fold, and industrial output expanded by a factor of 40. From theCambridge English Corpus In real terms, national public hospital expensesquadrupledbetween 1902 and 1930. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, collective labor disputes also rose, as the number almostquadrupledbetween 1996 and 1999. From theCambridge English Corpus Between 1966 and 1971 the total aid budgetquadrupled, but bilateral aid increased tenfold, thus opening the door wide for the advancement of trade issues in development policy. From theCambridge English Corpus Okra biomass tripled in the 4-week solarized treatment andquadrupledin the 6-week solarization treatment compared to the non-solarized treatments of the same duration. From theCambridge English Corpus His assessment would bequadrupled, but the actual amount he would have to pay would remain the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the number of prescriptions for lotions to treat infestationquadrupledbetween 1991 and 1996 from 583,000 to 2,161,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Trading income hasquadrupledin the past four years or so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The penalty for continuing offences is raised from £5 to £20 for each day, and similarly the penalty for obstructing an inspector isquadrupledfrom £5 to £20. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These margins of error will be doubled, trebled andquadrupled, because all these figures will be coming in from different sources, which are completely unco-ordinated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It pointed out that in 10 years the cost of car travel has doubled while the cost of train travel has nearlyquadrupled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the near-decade since then it hasquadrupledthat effort to reach more than £40 million. 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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