quadruple

verb

1. （使）变为四倍
   to become four times bigger; to make sth four times bigger
   1. Sales have quadrupled in the last five years.
      过去五年中，销售额已增长至以前的四倍。

adj.

det.

1. 由四部分（或人、群体）构成的；四方面的
   consisting of four parts, people or groups
   1. a quadruple alliance
      四方联盟
2. 四倍的
   being four times as much or as many
   1. a quadruple whisky
      一份四倍的威士忌
   2. This year we produced quadruple the amount produced in 2002.
      我们今年的产量是2002年的四倍。

1. V-ERG （使）成四倍;（使）翻两番
   If someone quadruples an amount or if it quadruples, it becomes four times bigger.
   1. Norway has quadrupled its exports to the EU...
      挪威对欧盟的出口已经增加了3倍。
   2. The price has quadrupled in the last few years.
      近几年来价格已经翻了两番。
2. PREDET 是…的四倍；四倍于
   If one amount is quadruple another amount, it is four times bigger.
   1. They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
      他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品。
3. ADJ 由四部分组成的;四次的
   You use quadruple to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times.
   1. ...a quadruple murder.
      四尸命案

1. There was a proposal in the United States to quadruple its annual intake of immigrants.
   在美国有提案建议把每年移民的接收数量增加3倍。
2. Norway has quadrupled its exports to the EU
   挪威对欧盟的出口已经增加了3倍。
3. The price has quadrupled in the last few years.
   近几年来价格已经翻了两番。
4. They could sell their merchandise for quadruple the asking price.
   他们能够以4倍于要价的价钱出售他们的商品。
5. We have hope to quadruple the total industrial and agricultural output by the end of the century, which is a lofty aim.
   我们有雄心壮志，到本世纪末，使工农业生产总值翻两番。
6. The power utilities will need to quadruple their capacity.
   电力事业必须使它们的能力增加三倍。
7. Thus he avoided the quadruple trap which was set for him in the darkness by the four labyrinths which we have just enumerated.
   他判断得很正确。他就这样避开了黑暗向他伸出的、我们已列举过的四个迷宫给他设下的四个陷阱。
8. The former president, 63, had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital more than five years ago.
   这位美国前总统在五年多的时间内在这家医院进行过四次的心脏搭桥手术。
9. Adding mobility as another factor makes it a quadruple play.
   将移动性作为另一个因素添加到其中，就使其成为了四重播放。
10. -Expect people to have quadruple chins.
    四下巴：预计未来人类会有比双下巴还夸张的四下巴。
11. Its GDP will quadruple the 2000 volume, exceeding$ 4 trillion by 2020.
    到2020年国内生产总值比2000年翻两番，达到4万亿美元以上。
12. According to William Chen, its chief financial officer, the New York-listed company has seen its revenues quadruple this year compared with 2009.
    据这家纽约上市公司的首席财务官WilliamChen表示，公司今年的营收较2009年同比增长了三倍。
13. Farmers could double, even quadruple, food production.
    农民的粮食产量可能会翻上两倍甚至3倍。
14. How can we quadruple the GNP with such meagre imports and exports?
    这么一点进出口，就能实现翻两番呀？
15. But I just choose this quadruple selection with a medium size soda.
    但我刚才选好了四宝饭跟中汽水嘛！
16. Mr Zheng plans to quadruple the number of 7 days inns in China this year to 400, from slightly more than 100 last year.
    郑南雁计划今年把中国国内7天连锁酒店的分店数量翻两番，从去年的略多于100家扩张至400家。
17. Development and applications of a model airplane-borne photogrammetric system quadruple serial air survey camera
    模型机航空近景摄影测量系统的开发和应用四镜头连续航测摄影机
18. Reuters reported that this could quadruple the drug company's vaccine supply.
    路透社报告说，这可能让该公司的疫苗供应量变成原来的4倍。
19. If we can quadruple the GNP in this decade, we shall have achieved an extraordinary success.
    这十年时间能够实现第二个翻番，就是我们最了不起的胜利。
20. On the basis of optimized structure and better economic returns, efforts will be made to quadruple the GDP of the year2000by2020, and china's overall national strength and international competitiveness will increase markedly.
    在优化结构和提高效益的基础上，国内生产总值到2020年力争比2000年翻两番，综合国力和国际竞争力明显增强。
21. "Quadruple Therapy" in Treatment of Bronchiectasis with Hemoptysis
    四联疗法对支气管扩张并大咯血的治疗观察
22. Get me a quadruple cognac and a cola back.
    给我杯白兰地和可乐。
23. God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
    上帝叹息了并产生了显微心脏手术。
24. Will we be able to quadruple the GNP by the end of the century?
    到本世纪末翻两番有没有可能？
25. It comes in handy when you have to double or quadruple recipes and don't want to screw up.
    这样当你需要将食谱翻倍甚至翻四倍时会非常方便。
26. Select triple spindle or quadruple spindle accordingly to increase production efficiency.
    可依需要选定三轴或四轴式，来增加生产效力。
27. Sculling events include the single sculls, double sculls and quadruple sculls.
    双人双桨，四人双桨，双桨赛艇项目包括单人双桨、双人双桨和四人双桨。
28. We have determined a political objective, to quadruple economic production by the end of the century, achieving a per capita gross national product of us$ 800 and a better standard of living for our people.
    我们确定了一个政治目标，发展经济，到本世纪末翻两番，国民生产总值按人口平均达到八百美元，人民生活达到小康水平。
29. We must calculate honestly whether we can quadruple the GNP with an annual growth rate of six percent.
    年增百分之六的速度是不是真正能实现第二个翻番？

noun

1. a quantity that is four times as great as another

2. a set of four similar things considered as a unit

   Synonym:    quartetquartettequadruplet

verb

1. increase fourfold
   1. His stock earning quadrupled

adj

1. four times as great or many
   1. a fourfold increase in the dosage

   Synonym:    fourfoldfour-fold

2. having four units or components
   1. quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure
   2. quadruplex wire

   Synonym:    quadruplicatequadruplexfourfoldfour-fold