prep2-87关于double的用法

在prep笔记里面 87题后提到了double的几种用法

其中说 double可以做形容词

例如： The earnings in this quarter are (more than)double the earnings in the precious quarter

不太理解啊，作为形容词怎么放在the + n. 前面呢

偶对这句的理解double做adj.修饰those (earnings)

Exceeding  even  the  figures  predicted  by  he  most  optimistic  financial  analysts,  the  automobile company's  earnings  in  the  first  quarter  were  more  than  double  those  of  the  previous  quarter.

而这句double的用法同上 the earnings做一个成分 the只不过在特制前部分的the earings in this quarter

The earnings in this quarter are (more than)double
            the earnings in the precious quarter