as...as中间可以接比较对象吗？

te233

例句：
A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents' home as there are households where the grandparents are living in their children's or grandchildren's home.

一般都是as+adj/adv+as用来比较，这句话直接把比较对象放在了两个as的中间，请问是什么用法？

感激不尽！！！

te233

谢谢楼上解答！搞懂了！其实就是x times as many as的结构。

Fiona09

as... as之间，一般是接形容词或副词的原级。

但如果涉及数量或程度，可用“as much+不可数名词+as”和“as many+复数名词+as”。
举个栗子：You’ve made as many mistakes as I have.

楼主po出的例句，应该就是这种情况的加强版。