Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense trebles, present participle trebling, past tense, past participle trebled
1V-ERG (使)增加两倍;(使)成为三倍 If something trebles or if you treble it, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was. (使)增加两倍;(使)成为三倍
They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January. [VERB]
一月份房租增加两倍时,他们将被迫多付不少钱。
The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000. [VERB noun]
该市的囚犯人数增长了两倍,达到 21,000 人。
trebling
A new threat to Bulgaria's stability is the week-old miners' strike for a trebling of minimum pay.
为期一周的矿工罢工要求最低工资增加两倍,这对保加利亚的社会安定构成新的威胁。
2PREDET 是…的三倍 If one thing is treble the size or amount of another thing, it is three times greater in size or amount. 是…的三倍
More than 7 million shares changed hands, treble the normal daily average.
有 700 多万股换手,是通常日平均成交量的 3 倍。
3N-COUNT 男童高音;唱高音的男童声歌手 A treble is a boy with a very high singing voice. 男童高音;唱高音的男童声歌手
4N-COUNT 三连胜 In sport, a treble is three successes one after the other, for example winning three horse races on the same day, or winning three competitions in the same season. 三连胜 [mainly British, journalism]
The win completed a treble for them – they already claimed a league and cup double this year.
(especially BrE) ➡ see also tripleADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤more than三倍多▸➤almost, nearly幾乎/將近三倍PREPOSITION➤in在⋯方面是三倍◇Some goods have almost trebled in price.有些商品的價格幾乎增加了兩倍。➤to增加兩倍並達到⋯◇The figure has more than trebled to 67%.這個數字已增加兩倍多,達到 67%。