triple ['trɪp.l] adjective ■having three parts of the same type, or happening three times 三部分的;发生三次的•Her trainer is a triple Olympic champion.她的教练是三届奥运会冠军。 •There's a triple bill of Hitchcock films (= three films) on at the cinema next Sunday.下周日将有三部希区考克的影片在这家电影院上映。 triple sth ■three times as large as something 三倍于•The number of one-parent U.S. households reached 10.1 million in 1991, nearly triple that of 1971.1991年美国单亲家庭的数量达到1010万,几乎是1971年的三倍。 ['trɪp.l] verb intransitive or transitive ■to increase three times in size or amount, or to make something do this (使)成三倍,(使)增加两倍•We have tripled our output over the past two years.过去两年里,我们的产量增加了两倍。 •The workforce has tripled in size since the new factory opened.自新工厂开工以来,劳动人数已经增加了两倍。 |