quadrupling
present participle ofquadruple
| 单词 | quadrupling |
| 释义 | quadrupling present 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
Examplesofquadruplingquadrupling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thus, the third term, slow(c), must be tested four times, unnecessarilyquadruplingthe time spent processing that term. From theCambridge English Corpus The gross extra cost of doubling andquadruplingthe retirement pension age addition would be £28 million and £84 million respectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry has been set the task ofquadruplingits pre-natural gas sales by the middle of this decade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Doubling, trebling orquadruplingthe 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 We are not dealing with a figure of some 300,000 unemployed, as we were until thequadruplingof the price of oil in 1974. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The doubling orquadruplingof waiting lists is not acceptable, and breaking a promise to end waiting lists is not acceptable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be foolish, because no one can predict that there will not be aquadruplingof oil prices, as happened in 1972 and 1973. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In this clause there is more than a doubling of the minimum period and more than aquadruplingof the full period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You are trebling orquadruplingthe weight carried on the roads, which means wearing them very badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The real point was whether you were doubling orquadruplingthe duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know about thequadruplingof the price of oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What we are facing is not a shortage of energy, but thequadruplingof the price of the most indispensable element of our civilisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he think they will accept a trebling orquadruplingof rents? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Aquadruplingof size is an enormous change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thequadruplingof oil prices has imposed a massive external debt on the developed world. 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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