The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
而 S+V+O,twice the number.../double the figure...都可以用
曾经有一贴写道:
一般名词词组结构为:限定词+前置定语+名词+后置定语。前置定语和后置定语常常为形容词或定语从句诸如此类,不必深究,前置定语和后置定语可有可无,而限定词一般需要有。限定词又分三类:前位限定词,中位限定词,后位限定词。这些分类也不必太深究,但至少需要记得double, twice等表示倍数的属于前位限定词,而至于经常见到的the, those等冠词则属于中位限定词。当名词需要两类限定词修饰时(如OG此题中),那么原则是前位限定词必须位于中位限定词之前。如double the figure for 1977.