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单词 multiply
释义
multiply
verb
uk
/ˈmʌl.tɪ.plaɪ/us
/ˈmʌl.tə.plaɪ/
[TorI]mathematicsspecialized
toaddanumberto itself aparticularnumberoftimes:
If you multiply sevenby15 you get 105.用15乘以7，结果是105。
When you multiply twooddnumbers, is theansweralwaysodd?
Irememberlearninghow to multiply anddivide.
Compare
add
divideverb(CALCULATE)
subtract
[TorI]
toincrease, or toincreasesomething, very much innumber:
Alzheimer's Diseaseaffectsmore than 4 millionAmericanstoday, and thenumberisexpectedto multiplyrapidlyas thepopulationages.
Majorpublishersare multiplying thenumberoftitlesofferedindigitalform.
[I]
oflivingthings, toincreasebyproducingnewyounganimals,bacteria, etc.:
18birdsmultiplied to 100 in just threeyears.
Inwarmweatherthesegermsmultiplyrapidly.在温暖的天气里这些细菌会迅速繁殖。
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(Definition ofmultiplyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
multiply
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈmʌl.tɪ.plaɪ/us
/ˈmʌl.tə.plaɪ/
toincreasevery much innumber, or (inmathematics) toaddanumberto itself aparticularnumberoftimes
大幅增加；乘，使相乘
Inwarmweatherthesegermsmultiplyrapidly.在温暖的天气里这些细菌会迅速繁殖。
If you multiply sevenby15 you get 105.用15乘以7，结果是105。
Compare
add
divideverb(CALCULATE)
subtract

multiply| American Dictionary

multiply
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈmʌl·təˌplɑɪ/

multiplyverb[I/T](calculate)

mathematics
toaddanumberto itself aparticularnumberoftimes:
[T]If you multiply 7 by 15 you get 105.

multiplyverb[I/T](INCREASE)

toincreasegreatlyinnumber:
[I]Thevirusesmultiply within thebody.
(Definition ofmultiplyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

multiply| Business English

multiply
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/us
toincreasea lot innumberor to make something do this:
Lawsuits againstbigdrugscompanieshave multiplied inrecentyears.
According to Peruvianauthorities,chemicalfertilizersare multiplying cocaleafproductionby up to 1,000%perhectare.
if you multiply anumber, youaddanothernumberto it aparticularnumberoftimes:
multiply sth by 6/50/120, etc.Multiplyyourincomeby 3 to get aroughideaof whatsizeofmortgageyou canapplyfor.
be multiplied by 6/50/120, etc.Thetotalfiguremust be multiplied by 75% toproducetheamountpaidout toinvestors.
Theylearnhow toadd,subtract,divide, and multiply.
(Definition ofmultiplyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmultiply

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In many cases parasites are incapable of surviving and multiplying in the absence of a host organism.
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Such examples from the linguistic literature could be multiplied, but a survey of different types of incoherence may only increase the confusion.
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The survival for the first year was estimated by multiplying the matrix detailing the monthly probabilities by itself between 1 and 12 times.
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It follows from (1.5) that any components of the motion which are doubly periodic,multiplyperiodic, or chaotic, are precisely zero, and not just small.
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For simplicity, this value was not multiplied by 10 as recommended by the manufacturer.
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Unless one demonstration is more concise, elegant, or general than another, there is no reason tomultiplyproofs showing one and the same conclusion.
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The free electron density was calculated multiplying the atomic density of the element for its electron valence.
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The rice dressing was then kept at warm, outdoor temperatures for many hours, which likely allowed bacteria to furthermultiplybefore being served.
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It would be easy tomultiplyexamples of productive exchanges of this kind.
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Generation ofmultiplycharged ions at low and high laser-power densities.
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Brownian dynamics study of amultiply-occupied cation channel - application to understanding permeation in potassium channels.
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An expected frequency is then obtained by multiplying the sample size by all marginal proportions for the values in the specific pattern.
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The aspects that seem promising tend in fact tomultiplythe questions rather than answer them.
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To enhance safety and system per formance,multiplyredundant sensors are installed for measuring key variables in order to create direct measurement redundancy.
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Our interest is in elliptic operators whose second-order derivatives are multiplied by some parameter that is allowed to be close to zero.
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