关于times 表倍数的疑惑 OG199， prep-1-66

疑问是：OG199中，100times +the n 说是表次数。在prep1-66中，却表倍数

到底怎么回事啊？

199. Because the Earth's crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.

(A)
     of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West

(B)
     of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West

(C)
     will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(D)
      in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

(E)  that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

199B: 此处的核心问题就是它用作主句动词的宾语, 而且在这里用an area比the area(特指)更合适.

倍数表达法:

1) twice/three times the number/the figure/the length

2) twice/three times + 形容词比较级 + than …

3) twice/three times + as + adj. + as …

4) twice/three times + what分句: … 42 times what it was in 1950.

5) -fold(adj.)表达法: increase threefold; a threefold increase

6) double(v.), triple(v.), quintuple(v., 5倍), again(adv.)表达法: sth costs as much again as …

7) as … as twice + that 分句. DQ-250-107

At issue is the
accurate expression of a complex comparison. Choice D, the best answer, presents
the proper form of comparison, will
typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will; thus, choice D
logically indicates that earthquakes in the eastern United States are 100 times
more devastating than are western earthquakes. Choices A, B, and E use it incorrectly to suggest that the same
quake strikes both the eastern and the western United States. In choice C, 100
            times
the area... than is unidiomatic.