题目内容
8.The new street is 10miles long,almostthree times the length of what it used to be.(length)这条新街10英里长,是它原来的三倍长.
分析 条新街10英里长,是它原来的三倍长.
解答 答案:three times the length of
解析:根据中文及所给英文题干可知,本题考查倍数的表达.因为本题括号内给的是length一词,故倍数应表达为:倍数+the length+of"是…的几倍长";另外本题的倍数还有其它几种表达方式:1)three times as long as;2)twice longer than.
点评 本题考查句子翻译,做此类题目时一定要根据中文及英文题干确定需要翻译的成分,再找出与之对应的英文并考虑各成分是否有形式的改变.
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